Patents by Inventor Gerald Howard Ottaway

Gerald Howard Ottaway 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).

  • Compliant sectioning facility for interactive sectioning of solid geometric objects using a graphics processor
    Patent number: 5812137
    Abstract: A hierarchical data storage scheme associatively links a master solid object model in a graphics data processing system to a solid model of a sectioning object. The associative linking provides the capability of automatically generating sectioned views when the master object is modified. These views are generated at the operator's request without the necessity of having to apply sectioning objects to each one of the subsequent views. An interactive facility is provided for creating such structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Philip Kerker, Jr., Gerald Howard Ottaway, Michael Thomas Peets