Patents by Inventor Bruce W. Holway

Bruce W. Holway 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).

  • Selecting large and small entities on a computer display
    Patent number: 10073600
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system automatically adjusts the size of a selection area to aid in a selection of an object generated by a computerized system. The method and system detect a series of movements of a pointer, where the pointer is utilized to select an entity of the object. The series of movements are small and continuous. A set of entities that occupies the selection area is determined and the entities are analyzed for an indication of a level of difficulty in selecting one of the entities. The size of the selection area is reduced when the indication implies that the level of difficulty will be decreased after reducing the size of the selection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation
    Inventors: John Sweeney, Bruce W. Holway, Rajesh Mahajan, Kevin F. Berni
  • Reducing the size of a model using visibility factors
    Patent number: 9153072
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system reduces size of a data structure of a computer-aided design (CAD) model. Given a CAD model formed of a plurality of modeling elements, the method and system provide one or more geometric entities defining modeling elements of the CAD model. The geometric entities have corresponding graphical entities configured to display the CAD model. For each modeling element, the method and system determine visibility of the modeling element and produce a reduced data structure by storing in the structure graphic data representing the graphical entities and geometric data of only certain ones of the geometric entities determined as a function of visibility of the corresponding modeling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Solidworks Corporation
    Inventors: Olivier Zegdoun, Bruce W. Holway, Amit Mandloi, Adarsh Krishnamurthy
  • Reducing The Size Of A Model Using Visibility Factors
    Publication number: 20140028675
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system reduces size of a data structure of a computer-aided design (CAD) model. Given a CAD model formed of a plurality of modeling elements, the method and system provide one or more geometric entities defining modeling elements of the CAD model. The geometric entities have corresponding graphical entities configured to display the CAD model. For each modeling element, the method and system determine visibility of the modeling element and produce a reduced data structure by storing in the structure graphic data representing the graphical entities and geometric data of only certain ones of the geometric entities determined as a function of visibility of the corresponding modeling elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Dassault Systemes Solidworks Corporation
    Inventors: Olivier Zegdoun, Bruce W. Holway, Amit Mandloi, Adarsh Krishnamurthy
  • Reducing the size of a model using visibility factors
    Patent number: 8581902
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system reduces size of a data structure of a computer-aided design (CAD) model. Given a CAD model formed of a plurality of modeling elements, the method and system provide one or more geometric entities defining modeling elements of the CAD model. The geometric entities have corresponding graphical entities configured to display the CAD model. For each modeling element, the method and system determine visibility of the modeling element and produce a reduced data structure by storing in the structure graphic data representing the graphical entities and geometric data of only certain ones of the geometric entities determined as a function of visibility of the corresponding modeling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dassault Systems SolidWorks Corporation
    Inventors: Olivier Zegdoun, Bruce W. Holway, Amit Mandloi, Adarsh Krishnamurthy
  • REDUCING THE SIZE OF A MODEL USING VISIBILITY FACTORS
    Publication number: 20090187385
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system reduces size of a data structure of a computer-aided design (CAD) model. Given a CAD model formed of a plurality of modeling elements, the method and system provide one or more geometric entities defining modeling elements of the CAD model. The geometric entities have corresponding graphical entities configured to display the CAD model. For each modeling element, the method and system determine visibility of the modeling element and produce a reduced data structure by storing in the structure graphic data representing the graphical entities and geometric data of only certain ones of the geometric entities determined as a function of visibility of the corresponding modeling elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation
    Inventors: Olivier Zegdoun, Bruce W. Holway, Amit Mandloi, Adarsh Krishnamurthy