Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Cronin

Thomas M. Cronin 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).

  • Rendering a three-dimensional model using a dither pattern
    Publication number: 20020186215
    Abstract: Rendering a three-dimensional model includes obtaining a characteristic of the three-dimensional model, determining a three-dimensional dither pattern based on the characteristic, and rendering the three-dimensional model using the three-dimensional dither pattern. Determining the three-dimensional dither pattern may include selecting a number of points to make up the dither pattern and a location of the points on the three-dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas M. Cronin
  • Delivering animation over the internet
    Publication number: 20020060664
    Abstract: A method for delivering animation includes transmitting a single source image to a client system. Parameters that generate a function are transmitted to the client system. Modulation frames are generated with the function. The modulation frames are applied to the single source image to generate the animation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas M. Cronin, Michael D. Rosenzweig
  • Method and apparatus for delivering animation over the internet
    Patent number: 6392652
    Abstract: A method for delivering animation includes transmitting a single source image to a client system. Parameters that generate a function are transmitted to the client system. Modulation frames are generated with the function. The modulation frames are applied to the single source image to generate the animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Cronin, Michael D. Rosenzweig
  • Model animation using turbulence
    Patent number: 6236401
    Abstract: Model animation using turbulence. A computer-implemented method first generates a noise model having a number of dimensions one greater than a number of dimensions of a source model. The source model is perturbed to introduce animated distortion into the source model, by utilizing one of a plurality of frames of the noise model, where each frame has a number of dimensions equal to the number of dimensions of the source model. The perturbed source model is then displayed on a display device. The perturbation and displaying of the source model can be repeated, utilizing different frames of the noise model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas M. Cronin