Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Fouts

Christopher L. Fouts 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).

  • Texture mapping 3D objects
    Patent number: 7148899
    Abstract: A texture is applied to a 3D graphic object using a computer system by providing a graphic indication of a mapping between a 3D graphic object and a texture map and modifying the mapping based on a manipulation of the graphic indication. Alternatively, or in addition, a texture can be applied to a 3D graphic object by selectively applying one or more predetermined mapping functions between a texture space and an object space to designated portions of the 3D graphic object. The modification of mappings, and application of the mapping functions, can be based on input received from a user of the computer system, for example, by means of direct manipulation techniques applied in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Alain M. Dumesny, Christopher L. Fouts
  • TEXTURE MAPPING 3D GRAPHIC OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20020154132
    Abstract: A texture is applied to a 3D graphic object using a computer system by providing a graphic indication of a mapping between a 3D graphic object and a texture map and modifying the mapping based on a manipulation of the graphic indication. Alternatively, or in addition, a texture can be applied to a 3D graphic object by selectively applying one or more predetermined mapping functions between a texture space and an object space to designated portions of the 3D graphic object. The modification of mappings, and application of the mapping functions, can be based on input received from a user of the computer system, for example, by means of direct manipulation techniques applied in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: ALAIN M. DUMESNY, CHRISTOPHER L. FOUTS