Patents by Inventor Benito Graniela

Benito Graniela 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).

  • Virtual environment capture
    Patent number: 7398481
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing and modeling an environment is described. A user may direct a rangefinder within an environment to capture data points and correlate the data points with predefined objects. One may also capture images of the environment to be used in the modeling environment. Using the present system, one may easily and quickly capture an environment using relatively few data points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
    Inventors: Matthew Kraus, Benito Graniela, Mary Pigora
  • VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT CAPTURE
    Publication number: 20070118805
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing and modeling an environment is described. A user may direct a rangefinder within an environment to capture data points and correlate the data points with predefined objects. One may also capture images of the environment to be used in the modeling environment. Using the present system, one may easily and quickly capture an environment using relatively few data points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Matthew Kraus, Benito Graniela, Mary Pigora
  • Virtual Environment capture
    Publication number: 20040109012
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing and modeling an environment is described. A user may direct a rangefinder within an environment to capture data points and correlate the data points with predefined objects. One may also capture images of the environment to be used in the modeling environment. Using the present system, one may easily and quickly capture an environment using relatively few data points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Kraus, Benito Graniela, Mary Pigora