Patents by Inventor Christopher Bateman

Christopher Bateman 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 of manipulating parameterized surfaces
    Publication number: 20080024499
    Abstract: Parametric surfaces such as Attribute Based Modeling surfaces require methods of manipulating the interior of the surface. This invention provides several methods of manipulating these surfaces in a computationally efficient way. Particular attention is paid to surface continuity and discontinuity from G?1 to G2. Designers want to trim and join surfaces in an intuitive way; this invention provides such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher Bateman
  • Display device
    Patent number: 7216447
    Abstract: A display device for displaying advertising material on a stair tread riser comprising a carrier adapted to be attached to a stair riser and an advertising plate adapted to be housed within the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Media Steps Group PLC
    Inventor: Roger Christopher Bateman
  • Method and apparatus of determining parameterizations and distances for feature frame modeling using attribute based modeling
    Publication number: 20070005312
    Abstract: Attribute Based-Modeling surfaces requires uniform methods of calculating distances and weights in parameter space in order to create smooth and fair surfaces. This invention provides several methods of calculating distances and weights that have different characteristics yielding well behaved surfaces. The methods are computationally efficient and produce surfaces that are fair and smooth and have certain minimal energy characteristics that are desirable to various industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventor: Christopher Bateman
  • Display device
    Publication number: 20040216344
    Abstract: A display device for displaying advertising material on a stair tread riser comprising a carrier adapted to be attached to a stair riser and an advertising plate adapted to be housed within the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Roger Christopher Bateman