Patents by Inventor Ahmed M. Azmy Hassan

Ahmed M. Azmy Hassan 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).

  • System and method for providing vector editing of bitmap images
    Patent number: 6999101
    Abstract: A method of supporting all raster-based image manipulations described in vector-based terms. The present invention has the benefits of providing clean transformation that vector-based manipulations yields, and providing a broad selection of all image transformation operations that raster-based manipulations yields. In one aspect of the invention a vector-defined shape is drawn on top of a raster-based image by replacing the contents of the vector image with the bits from the raster image. In another aspect of the present invention, a copy of the portion of the raster image that overlaps with the vector-defined portion is made, the transformation operation is performed on the copy, and then the portion of the raster image is replaced with the transformed copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Frank G. Sanborn, Michael I Hyman, Ramin L. Halviatti, Ahmed M. Azmy Hassan
  • System and method for providing vector editing of bitmap images
    Patent number: 6995777
    Abstract: A method of supporting all raster-based image manipulations described in vector-based terms. The present invention has the benefits of providing clean transformation that vector-based manipulations yields, and providing a broad selection of all image transformation operations that raster-based manipulations yield. In one aspect of the invention a vector-defined shape is drawn on top of a raster-based image by replacing the contents of the vector image with the bits from the raster image. In another aspect of the present invention, a copy of the portion of the raster image that overlaps with the vector-defined portion is made, the transformation operation is performed on the copy, and then the portion of the raster image is replaced with the transformed copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Inventors: Frank G. Sanborn, Michael I Hyman, Ramin L. Halviatti, Ahmed M. Azmy Hassan
  • System and method for providing vector editing of bitmap images
    Patent number: 6992684
    Abstract: A method of supporting all raster-based image manipulations described in vector-based terms. The present invention has the benefits of providing clean transformation that vector-based manipulations yields, and providing a broad selection of all image transformation operations that raster-based manipulations yield. In one aspect of the invention a vector-defined shape is drawn on top of a raster-based image by replacing the contents of the vector image with the bits from the raster image. In another aspect of the present invention, a copy of the portion of the raster image that overlaps with the vector-defined portion is made, the transformation operation is performed on the copy, and then the portion of the raster image is replaced with the transformed copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Frank G. Sanborn, Michael I Hyman, Ramin L. Halviatti, Ahmed M. Azmy Hassan