Patents by Inventor Andrew Louis Charles Berend

Andrew Louis Charles Berend 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).

  • Image processing apparatus and method for producing pixel data in dependence upon the shape of a sectional line extending between boundary lines of an object
    Patent number: 5754183
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for generating visible output images, including visually distinct images. A processor generates displayable image data by writing data to a frame store which is repeatedly read therefrom. An input, preferably in the form of a mouse, supplies operator defined input signals to the processor for defining boundary lines (B1, B2) of an object and a sectional line (51), which identifies two boundary lines as defining the object. In addition, a data store is provided for storing data generated in response to the input signals and for storing attribute data defining visual attributes of the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Cambridge Animation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Louis Charles Berend, Mark Jonathan Williams, Michael John Brocklehurst
  • Method and apparatus for producing animated drawings and in-between drawings
    Patent number: 5692117
    Abstract: Apparatus for generating an animated sequence of pictures consists of a store for storing data defining a plurality of pictures and data defining, for each, a temporal position in the sequence; and interpolator for reading stored data and generating therefrom data defining a plurality of intervening pictures occurring at time positions between those of said stored pictures, and providing a transition therebetween; and an editor for editing the data so as to amend the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Cambridge Animation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Louis Charles Berend, Mark Jonathan Williams, Michael John Brocklehurst, Stuart Philip Hawkins, Gavin Timothy Jones