Patents by Inventor Charles E. Mosher, Jr.

Charles E. Mosher, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for rendering of geometric volumes
    Patent number: 5113357
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to directly render volumes from volume data whereby the resolution of the volume is not lost and the volume data is completely interactive with geometric data. The volume or portion of the volume to be rendered is aligned to a geometric primitive defined by a reference frame and a mapping function is generated relating the geometric primitive to the volume or volume portion. The mapping function relates each voxel in volume space to an element or point of the primitive. Thus, the volume is displayed as a function of the geometric primitive the volume or volume portion is mapping to. In the preferred embodiment the volume or portion of volume to be rendered is bound by one or more geometric primitives and a mapping is generated relating the geometric primitive, such as a 3-D polgon, to the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth R. Johnson, Charles E. Mosher, Jr.