Patents by Inventor Dylan Simon Cuthbert

Dylan Simon Cuthbert 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for rendering an image with depth-of-field display
    Patent number: 7068275
    Abstract: A depth of field rendering apparatus, method and program displays a sense of distance using a Z buffer to establish a depth direction of objects in an image and generating an image in a just-in-focus state while writing a Z value of each of dots in the image into the Z-buffer. A blurred image is produced from the just-in-focus image and portions of the blurred image are selectively overwritten on the just-in-focus image by comparing a preset Z value to the Z value of each of the data in the Z buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakamura, Dylan Simon Cuthbert
  • Methods and apparatus for rendering an image with depth-of-field display
    Publication number: 20040036687
    Abstract: A depth of field rendering apparatus, method and program displays a sense of distance using a Z buffer to establish a depth direction of objects in an image and generating an image in a just-in-focus state while writing a Z value of each of dots in the image into the Z-buffer. A blurred image is produced from the just-in-focus image and portions of the blurred image are selectively overwritten on the just-in-focus image by comparing a preset Z value to the Z value of each of the data in the Z buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakamura, Dylan Simon Cuthbert