Patents by Inventor Suzanne E. Weaver

Suzanne E. Weaver 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 for interactive image correlation for three dimensional image production
    Patent number: 6041140
    Abstract: A hardware accelerator board utilizes field programmable gate arrays which can be reprogrammed on the fly during program execution to achieve dedicated hardware processing speeds and greater flexibility than provided by compiled or interpreted software. The accelerator board is used to permit the user to interact with the computer system in which the board is installed to interactively produce a correlation of two images of the same scene. Correlated images are used to determine depth of objects in the scene shown in the correlated images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Synthonics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce W. Binns, Rodney M. Price, Charles S. Palm, Suzanne E. Weaver
  • Methods and apparatus for rapidly rendering photo-realistic surfaces on 3-dimensional wire frames automatically using user defined points
    Patent number: 5793372
    Abstract: Automatic photographic color rendering of the surfaces of wire frame representation of 3-dimensional objects is described. Bit mapped information of surface areas is captured as part of image processing in the creation of wire frames into the computer. When a wire frame is transformed to a different orientation, the rendering surfaces are automatically transformed and the wire frame can be rendered in the new orientation with photographic quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Synthonics Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce W. Binns, Charles S. Palm, Suzanne E. Weaver