Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,771,264 · App. 09/213,990
Method and apparatus for performing tangent space lighting and bump mapping in a deferred shading graphics processor
Inventors:
Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Stephen L. Dodgen, Joseph P. Bratt, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, Nathan Tuck, Richard E. Hessel
Patented Case
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Granted: Aug 3, 2004
Filed: Dec 17, 1999
Inventors
Jerome F. Duluk, Jr.
Stephen L. Dodgen
Joseph P. Bratt
Matthew Nicholas Papakipos
Nathan Tuck
Richard E. Hessel
Assignee (at issue)
Apple Computer Inc.
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