Patents by Inventor Eugene T. Y. Lee

Eugene T. Y. Lee 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).

  • Boolean operations for subdivision surfaces
    Patent number: 6307555
    Abstract: A method for creating a new subdivision surface from one or more prior subdivision surfaces using a computer, the computer having a processor and a memory, includes establishing in the memory a data structure storing data representing the structures of the prior subdivision surfaces, performing Boolean operations upon prior meshes defining the one or more prior subdivision surfaces to form a resulting mesh defining the new subdivision surface, and storing the resulting mesh in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Eugene T. Y. Lee