Patents by Inventor Armin Weiss

Armin Weiss 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).

  • Patent number: 7561170
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention produce a three-dimensional rotational image from a two-dimensional image including a plurality of objects. Each object is assigned to one of a plurality of sequential layers that correspond to visually depicted depths of the objects in the two-dimensional image. The objects are rotatively displayed to produce the three-dimensional rotational image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Armin Weiss
  • Publication number: 20050219244
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention produce a three-dimensional rotational image from a two-dimensional image including a plurality of objects. Each object is assigned to one of a plurality of sequential layers that correspond to visually depicted depths of the objects in the two-dimensional image. The objects are rotatively displayed to produce the three-dimensional rotational image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventor: Armin Weiss
  • Patent number: 6914618
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention produce a three-dimensional rotational image from a two-dimensional image including a plurality of objects. Each object is assigned to one of a plurality of sequential layers that correspond to visually depicted depths of the objects in the two-dimensional image. The objects are rotatively displayed to produce the three-dimensional rotational image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Armin Weiss
  • Patent number: 6728422
    Abstract: A two-dimensional image contains a number of objects, which are represented in layers from front to rear, perpendicularly with respect to the two-dimensional image plane. Each object is defined by a polygon, which encloses a distinguishably represented area of the two-dimensional image. A method orders polygons in a plurality of polygons of a two-dimensional image in a sequence defined by layering of the polygons in the two-dimensional image. A first polygon in the sequence is a reference polygon. The method sequentially assigns each polygon in the sequence, starting with the reference polygon, to one of a plurality of layers so that within a given layer no polygon assigned to the given layer (i) overlaps with another polygon in the given layer, and (ii) is included within another polygon in the given layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Armin Weiss
  • Publication number: 20020140695
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention produce a three-dimensional rotational image from a two-dimensional image including a plurality of objects. Each object is assigned to one of a plurality of sequential layers that correspond to visually depicted depths of the objects in the two-dimensional image. The objects are rotatively displayed to produce the three-dimensional rotational image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Armin Weiss
  • Publication number: 20020044204
    Abstract: In an optical tracking system for determining the position and/or orientation of an object provided with at least one marker (4), having at least two image recording devices (1) for capturing the images of said at least one marker (4) and at least one computing device (2, 3) for evaluating the images captured by said image recording devices (1), it is proposed to provide means for retransferring relevant information that was calculated by a computing device (2, 3) to another computing device (2) and/or to said image recording device (1) for controlling the computing process or the image recording. It is advantageous to retransfer expected values calculated by a prediction device (5). Hereby, a faster and more precise processing of the resulting image data is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Konrad Zurl, Kurt Achatz, Armin Weiss
  • Patent number: 4742039
    Abstract: Adsorbents for polar organic compounds can be prepared by reacting 5-80% of an organic ammonium compound with 20-95% of a crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate belonging to the group comprising phyllosilicates of the formulaMe.sub.2 Si.sub.x O.sub.2x+1.yH.sub.2 Oin which Me denotes an alkali metal ion or a proton, x denotes a number greater than 7, in particular from 7.5 to 23, and y denotes a number smaller than 7x. These organophilic phyllosilicic acids are capable of binding considerable amounts of organic compounds, such as, for example, fats or softeners. They are, therefore, excellently suitable for use as additives for enhancing the washing action in detergents or as a depot for organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann F. Hanauer, Hans-Peter Rieck, Hans-Jurgen Kalz, Jochen M. Quack, Armin Weiss