Patents by Inventor Dan E. Brockway

Dan E. Brockway 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 building a real time graphic scene database having increased resolution and improved rendering speed
    Patent number: 7034841
    Abstract: A method for building a graphics database includes generating a polygonal representation of a terrain surface and generating at least one polygonal feature corresponding to a feature associated with the terrain surface. The method also includes inserting the at least one polygonal feature into the polygonal representation of the terrain surface and rendering the polygonal representation into at least one image. In addition, the method includes capturing at least one pixel representation of the at least one rendered image and storing the at least one pixel representation as at least one texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Weiblen, Charles B. Walters, Dan E. Brockway, Richard M. McDonald