Patents by Inventor Bruce Schurmann

Bruce Schurmann 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).

  • Iterative real-time XY raster path generator for bounded areas
    Patent number: 4896283
    Abstract: Apparatus for defining a step-by-step path through pixels located at the intersections of rectilinear coordinates that lie between boundaries that cross one set of coordinates. The respective distances of each of a pattern of pixels from one boundary and the distance between boundaries as well as the direction of the last step in the path are applied to a ROM to determine whether the next step is along one type of coordinate or the other or along a diagonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Harry F. Hunt, Bruce Schurmann