Patents by Inventor Emil Praun

Emil Praun 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: 8493381
    Abstract: Methods and systems for geometry compression. In an embodiment, the present invention compresses three dimensional geometry by (1) extracting at least one primitive from the three dimensional geometry, where each extracted primitive includes vertices and property indices that associate properties with the vertices; (2) quantizing, for each extracted primitive, the properties to a fixed grid; (3) converting, for each extracted primitive, the properties from a first data type to a second data type; and (4) encoding property indices, where the encoded property indices and quantized and converted properties are transmitted via a communication network in order to display the three dimensional geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Costa Touma, Emil Praun, Paul Strauss