Patents by Inventor Dwight D. Vicknair

Dwight D. Vicknair 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).

  • Determining an outer shell of a composite three-dimensional model
    Patent number: 8954295
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method of determining an outer shell of a composite three-dimensional model, an indication of a plurality of initial faces of the composite three-dimensional model is received. A plurality of intersections between the plurality of initial faces is determined. A plurality of split faces is generated by splitting each of the plurality of initial faces that intersects another one or more of the plurality of initial faces into two or more split faces along one or more lines of intersection. It is determined whether each of the plurality of split faces and each of the plurality of initial faces that does not intersect another one or more of the plurality of initial faces corresponds to the outer shell or to an interior portion of the composite three-dimensional model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Dwight D. Vicknair, John E. Ulmer