Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michael Kass

34Patents
12h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 16, 1985 → Mar 8, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5579455A Rendering of 3D scenes on a display using hierarchical z-buffer visibility Physics 120 Expired
US6037949A Texture mapping and other uses of scalar fields on subdivision surfaces in computer graphics and animation Physics 115 Expired
US5600763A Error-bounded antialiased rendering of complex scenes Physics 79 Expired
US6300960A Realistic surface simulation in computer animation Physics 46 Expired
US4745550A Processing of oriented patterns Physics 29 Expired
US6222553A Hybrid subdivision in computer graphics Physics 25 Expired
US6970171B2 Global intersection analysis for determining intesections of objects in computer animation Physics 19 Expired
US7355600B2 Global intersection analysis for determining intersections of objects in computer animation Physics 16 Expired
US8345004B1 Methods and apparatus for differentially controlling degrees of freedom of an object Physics 14 Active
US5587711A Method and system for reconstructing quantized signals Electricity 12 Expired
US6489960B2 Hybrid subdivision in computer graphics Physics 12 Expired
US7787688B1 Interactive depth of field using simulated heat diffusion Physics 12 Active
US9098503B1 Subselection of portions of an image review sequence using spatial or other selectors Physics 8 Active
US8478064B2 Selective diffusion of filtered edges in images Physics 7 Active
US7885454B1 Recursive filters on GPUs Physics 7 Active
US8427484B1 Authored motion transitions Physics 6 Active
US7483030B2 Interactive spacetime constraints: wiggly splines Physics 5 Active
US10628996B2 Direct light compensation technique for augmented reality system Physics 5 Active
US8766985B1 Generating animation using image analogies to animate according to particular styles Physics 3 Active
US10313661B2 Wide baseline stereo for low-latency rendering Physics 3 Active
US10216632B2 Memory system cache eviction policies Physics 3 Active
US9832437B2 Color sequential display Electricity 3 Active
US8704828B1 Inverse kinematic melting for posing models Physics 3 Active
US8244029B1 Recursive filters on GPUs Physics 2 Active
US8358867B1 Painterly filtering Physics 2 Active

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