Patents by Inventor Bruce Charles MERRY

Bruce Charles MERRY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for synthesising a terrain
    Patent number: 10304241
    Abstract: A method and system for synthesising a terrain are provided. The method includes: providing access to multiple exemplar terrain templates and generating a working terrain image with target terrain dimensions and an associated working terrain height image. Generating the working terrain image includes sampling a plurality of the exemplar terrain templates for addition of the templates to the working terrain image, and performing image synthesis to improve the working terrain image including height matching the exemplar terrain samples. The method enables control of modification of the working terrain image by applying user-defined constraints to modify the synthesised terrain. The method outputs the working terrain image as a synthesised terrain in the form of a height-field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: University of Cape Town
    Inventors: James Edward Gain, Bruce Charles Merry, Patrick Craig Marais
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESISING A TERRAIN
    Publication number: 20180122135
    Abstract: A method and system for synthesising a terrain are provided. The method includes: providing access to multiple exemplar terrain templates and generating a working terrain image with target terrain dimensions and an associated working terrain height image. Generating the working terrain image includes sampling a plurality of the exemplar terrain templates for addition of the templates to the working terrain image, and performing image synthesis to improve the working terrain image including height matching the exemplar terrain samples. The method enables control of modification of the working terrain image by applying user-defined constraints to modify the synthesised terrain. The method outputs the working terrain image as a synthesised terrain in the form of a height-field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: University of Cape Town
    Inventors: James Edward GAIN, Bruce Charles MERRY, Patrick Craig MARAIS