Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Abretske

Daniel A. Abretske 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).

  • Patent number: 11003499
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for predictively allocating computing resources based on movement of a simulation agent through a simulation environment, such as in a video game. In order to support the movement of the simulation agent, computing resources may be allocated in various ways. For example, one option may be to transfer data assets associated with the simulation agent from the first computing resource to the second computing resource. Another option may be leave the data assets at the first computing resource and transfer authority over at least a portion of the second region from the second computing resource to the first computing resource. In various embodiments, the way in which the computing resources are allocated may be determined based on various factors, such as resource costs, so that the movement of the simulation agent can be supported with optimal system efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Abretske, Justin Boswell
  • Publication number: 20150248211
    Abstract: A new hybrid method for displaying, detecting, and selecting objects in a CAD system is disclosed. A CAD model is loaded and displayed using one of several render techniques to approximate natural visual perception (e.g. hidden-line rendering, solid rendering or 3D textured rendering). These render techniques necessarily hide parts of the model to approximate natural vision; additionally, only objects visible to the rendered presentation may be detected (as geometry “snapped to” for additional constructions) or selected for editing. The hybrid presentation method provides in any editing context an instantly available “x-ray view” that apparently de-renders the model in a region surrounding the point of interest and makes any part of the model at any depth visible within the region available for detection, selection or editing. In this mode objects are selectable not by their faces, but by their edges, which are more easily distinguished and picked in this view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Johnson, Joshua Loy, John Kerr, Hernan Stamati, Justin Hutchison, Daniel Abretske