Patents by Inventor Gregory W. Netschke

Gregory W. Netschke 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).

  • Apparatus and method for applying effects to graphical images
    Patent number: 6204851
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of applying an effect to graphical data utilizes a graphics processor to apply the effect to a graphical image having the graphical data. To that end, the graphics processor is configured to process graphical data in accordance with a preselected graphics processing format, and the effect and graphical image are defined and converted, respectively, into the preselected graphics processing format. The graphics processor is controlled to apply the effect to the graphical image to produce an output graphical image. The output graphical image includes both the effect and the graphical image. The graphics processor may be a graphics accelerator card, and the graphics processing format may be the OPENGL™ application program interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Intergraph Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory W. Netschke, Gabriel Cuellar, Gabriel Manana