Patents by Inventor Darryl P. Nelson

Darryl P. Nelson 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 System for Displaying Graphical Objects on a Digital Map
    Publication number: 20080074423
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for displaying graphical objects on a digital map includes receiving, for a graphical object, metadata comprising a parameter indicating a type of the graphical object, a parameter indicating a size of the graphical object, and a group of parameters indicating a geographic location of the object represented by the graphical object. The type of the graphical object is one of a group of stored types. The method further includes rendering the graphical object on the digital map by generating, based the received metadata, a group of geographic coordinates for the graphical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Zhen-Qi Gan, Cesar J. Alaniz, Darryl P. Nelson