Patents by Inventor Derek Seow

Derek Seow 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).

  • System and method for transparent object rendering
    Patent number: 7928992
    Abstract: The subject application is directed to a system and method for transparent object rendering. An electronic document, inclusive of a plurality of objects, is first received. The electronic document is then parsed so as to generate a transparency table. The generated table includes entries corresponding to transparency characteristics of each of the objects. Each object of the received electronic document is then processed in accordance with a corresponding transparency table entry. The system further comprises means adapted for generating a scan-line representation of each of the plurality of objects, the scan-line representation including a scan-line corresponding to an associated backdrop and a scan-line corresponding to associated pixel data. The received electronic document is thereby rendered so as to generate a rendered document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Dakai Liu, Thevan Raju, Abhijit Mandal, Derek Seow, Leopold Bobrowski, Chaminda Weerasinghe
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPARENT OBJECT RENDERING
    Publication number: 20080297534
    Abstract: The subject application is directed to a system and method for transparent object rendering. An electronic document, inclusive of a plurality of objects, is first received. The electronic document is then parsed so as to generate a transparency table. The generated table includes entries corresponding to transparency characteristics of each of the objects. Each object of the received electronic document is then processed in accordance with a corresponding transparency table entry. The system further comprises means adapted for generating a scan-line representation of each of the plurality of objects, the scan-line representation including a scan-line corresponding to an associated backdrop and a scan-line corresponding to associated pixel data. The received electronic document is thereby rendered so as to generate a rendered document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Dakai LIU, Thevan RAJU, Abhijit MANDAL, Derek SEOW, Leopold BOBROWSKI, Chaminda WEERASINGHE