Chris Malachowsky
35Patents
14h-index
17Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 14, 1988 → Nov 22, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4908780A | Anti-aliasing raster operations utilizing sub-pixel crossing information to control pixel shading | Physics | 111 | Expired |
| US5127098A | Method and apparatus for the context switching of devices | Physics | 111 | Expired |
| US5543824A | Apparatus for selecting frame buffers for display in a double buffered display system | Physics | 94 | Expired |
| US5159665A | Graphics accelerator system | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US5742788A | Method and apparatus for providing a configurable display memory for single buffered and double buffered application programs to be run singly or simultaneously | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US4956801A | Matrix arithmetic circuit for processing matrix transformation operations | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US5638535A | Method and apparatus for providing flow control with lying for input/output operations in a computer system | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5577232A | Method and apparatus for allowing computer circuitry to function with updated versions of computer software | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5070443A | Apparatus for write handshake in high-speed asynchronous bus interface | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5287487A | Predictive caching method and apparatus for generating a predicted address for a frame buffer | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5237650A | Method and apparatus for spatial anti-aliased depth cueing | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5079696A | Apparatus for read handshake in high-speed asynchronous bus interface | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US7428824B1 | Method and system for making and vending ice | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US6075544A | Method and apparatus for accelerating rendering by coalescing data accesses | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5079545A | Apparatus and method for processing graphical information to minimize page crossings and eliminate processing of information outside a predetermined clip window | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US5129065A | Apparatus and methods for interface register handshake for controlling devices | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5128872A | Method and apparatus for determining line positions for display and manipulation by a computer system | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5157764A | Apparatus and method for using a test window in a graphics subsystem which incorporates hardware to perform clipping of images | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5504855A | Method and apparatus for providing fast multi-color storage in a frame buffer | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7729507B1 | System and method for stabilizing a rear view image | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US5020002A | Method and apparatus for decomposing a quadrilateral figure for display and manipulation by a computer system | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US4958146A | Multiplexor implementation for raster operations including foreground and background colors | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5805133A | Method and apparatus for increasing the rate of scrolling in a frame buffer system designed for windowing operations | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US8579155B2 | Method and system for making and vending ice | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Active |
| US5038309A | Number conversion apparatus | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.