Patents by Inventor David M. Laur

David M. Laur 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: 7233328
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a plurality of objects. The method includes receiving ray differential information associated with a ray, determining a first resolution associated with a first surface patch based on at least information associated with the ray and the first surface patch, processing information associated with the first resolution and a database, and determining whether a first geometry representation associated with the first surface patch tessellated at the first resolution is present in the database. The database is associated with a plurality of predetermined resolutions, and the first resolution is equal to one of the plurality of predetermined resolutions. At least one of the plurality of predetermined resolutions includes a first tessellation rate associated with a first dimension and a second tessellation rate associated with a second dimension. The first tessellation rate is different from the second tessellation rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Per H. Christensen, Julian Fong, David M. Laur, Dana Batali
  • Patent number: 7199795
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a plurality of objects. The method includes receiving ray differential information associated with a ray, determining a first ray differential based on at least information associated with the ray and a first surface patch, processing information associated with the first ray differential and the first surface patch, determining a first resolution based on at least information associated with the first ray differential and the first surface patch, and selecting a second resolution from the plurality of predetermined resolutions. Additionally, the method includes obtaining a first geometry representation associated with the second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Per H. Christensen, Julian Fong, David M. Laur, Dana Batali
  • Patent number: 7196704
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a plurality of objects. The method includes receiving ray differential information associated with a ray, determining a first ray differential based on at least information associated with the ray and a first surface patch, and determining a first resolution based on at least information associated with the first ray differential and the first surface patch. Additionally, the method includes obtaining a first geometry representation based on at least information associated with the first surface patch and the first resolution, and obtaining a second geometry representation associated with a second surface patch tessellated at a second resolution. Moreover, the method includes determining whether there is at least one patch crack between the first geometry representation and the second geometry representation, and if there is the at least one patch crack, performing a stitching process to the first geometry representation and the second geometry representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Per H. Christensen, Julian Fong, David M. Laur, Dana Batali