Patents by Inventor Alasdair Ferro

Alasdair Ferro 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 magnifying an image
    Patent number: 9444970
    Abstract: An apparatus for magnifying an image. The apparatus comprises magnification means arranged to magnify part of the image, to form a magnified image portion and an unmagnified image portion. Said magnified and unmagnified image portions together contain all the image information contained within the image. At least part of the magnified image portion and at least part of the unmagnified image portion are within a visible image portion and the magnified image portion does not obscure the unmagnified image portion. A method of magnifying an image is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Jones, Jason Sotiris Polychronopoulos, Alasdair Ferro
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAGNIFYING AN IMAGE
    Publication number: 20100171766
    Abstract: An apparatus for magnifying an image. The apparatus comprises magnification means arranged to magnify part of the image, to form a magnified image portion and an unmagnified image portion. Said magnified and unmagnified image portions together contain all the image information contained within the image. At least part of the magnified image portion and at least part of the unmagnified image portion are within a visible image portion and the magnified image portion does not obscure the unmagnified image portion. A method of magnifying an image is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher Jones, Jason Sotiris Ploychronopoulos, Alasdair Ferro