Inventor · Los Angeles, CA, US

Mark Evan Cerny

114Patents
10h-index
32Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 8, 2002 → May 14, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7081893B2 System and method for point pushing to render polygons in environments with changing levels of detail Physics 39 Expired
US8149242B2 Graphics processing apparatus, graphics library module and graphics processing method Physics 36 Active
US7786993B2 Environment mapping Physics 29 Active
US7046245B2 System and method for environment mapping Physics 28 Expired
US9495790B2 Gradient adjustment for texture mapping to non-orthonormal grid Physics 26 Active
US8174527B2 Environment mapping Physics 26 Active
US8031192B2 System and method for generating additional polygons within the contours of a rendered object to control levels of detail Physics 25 Active
US9652882B2 Gradient adjustment for texture mapping for multiple render targets with resolution that varies by screen location Physics 20 Active
US8448067B2 Graphics command management tool and methods for analyzing performance for command changes before application modification Physics 14 Active
US9710881B2 Varying effective resolution by screen location by altering rasterization parameters Physics 11 Active
US8037474B2 Task manager with stored task definition having pointer to a memory address containing required code data related to the task for execution Physics 8 Active
US9836816B2 Varying effective resolution by screen location in graphics processing by approximating projection of vertices onto curved viewport Physics 7 Active
US10235219B2 Backward compatibility by algorithm matching, disabling features, or throttling performance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US10275239B2 Deriving application-specific operating parameters for backwards compatiblity Physics 5 Active
US10783696B2 Gradient adjustment for texture mapping to non-orthonormal grid Physics 5 Active
US10438312B2 Method for efficient re-rendering objects to vary viewports and under varying rendering and rasterization parameters Physics 5 Active
US9892024B2 Backward compatibility testing of software in a mode that disrupts timing Physics 5 Active
US10134175B2 Gradient adjustment for texture mapping to non-orthonormal grid Physics 5 Active
US9786091B2 Gradient adjustment for texture mapping to non-orthonormal grid Physics 5 Active
US10102663B2 Gradient adjustment for texture mapping for multiple render targets with resolution that varies by screen location Physics 4 Active
US9495722B2 Developer controlled layout Physics 4 Active
US10438319B2 Varying effective resolution by screen location in graphics processing by approximating projection of vertices onto curved viewport Physics 4 Active
US9760113B2 Backward compatibility through use of spoof clock and fine grain frequency control Physics 4 Active
US10134102B2 Graphics processing hardware for using compute shaders as front end for vertex shaders Physics 4 Active
US9678616B2 Graphics command management tool and methods for analyzing performance for command changed before application modification Physics 3 Active

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