Inventor · Lynnwood, WA, US

Karl Mills

15Patents
8h-index
52Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 12, 1992 → Aug 16, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5959637A Method and apparatus for executing a raster operation in a graphics controller circuit Physics 69 Expired
US5754191A Method and apparatus for optimizing pixel data write operations to a tile based frame buffer Physics 57 Expired
US6097401A Integrated graphics processor having a block transfer engine for automatic graphic operations in a graphics system Physics 48 Expired
US5854620A Method and apparatus for converting monochrome pixel data to color pixel data Physics 34 Expired
US5355443A Image computing system Physics 22 Expired
US7992177B2 Point-to-multipoint high definition multimedia transmitter and receiver Electricity 16 Active
US6563505B1 Method and apparatus for executing commands in a graphics controller chip Physics 10 Expired
US5748920A Transaction queue in a graphics controller chip Physics 9 Expired
US9568974B2 System and method for monitoring and managing data center resources in real time Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US5727139A Method and apparatus for minimizing number of pixel data fetches required for a stretch operation of video images Physics 6 Expired
US9129069B2 Digital rack interface pod system and method Physics 3 Active
US5929837A Method and apparatus for determining representative chrominance components Physics 3 Expired
US9069541B2 Digital rack interface pod (DRIP) with intelligent power control system and method Physics 2 Active
US10248431B2 System and method for presenting driver install files when enabling a USB device Physics 0 Active
US10516291B2 Dongle having rechargeable, supercapacitor based power supply Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.