Patents by Inventor Heber Allred

Heber Allred 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).

  • Detection of a perimeter of a region of interest in a floor plan document
    Patent number: 9576184
    Abstract: A method of defining a region of interest in a floor plan document including identifying a point within the region of interest, identifying notations in the floor plan document potentially indicative of walls near the identified point, and identifying notations in the floor plan document potentially indicative of protrusions from the walls near the identified point. The method also includes determining whether the notations potentially indicative of protrusions from the walls are part of the perimeter of the region of interest based on at least one criteria selected from a group consisting of size, shape, and location of the notation potentially indicative of a protrusion, defining the perimeter of the region of interest based on the notations determined to be part of the perimeter of the region of interest, and calculating a quantity associated with the region of interest based on the defined perimeter of the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: TEXTURA PLANSWIFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heber Allred, Robert Richter
  • DETECTION OF A PERIMETER OF A REGION OF INTEREST IN A FLOOR PLAN DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20160063722
    Abstract: A method of defining a region of interest in a floor plan document including identifying a point within the region of interest, identifying notations in the floor plan document potentially indicative of walls near the identified point, and identifying notations in the floor plan document potentially indicative of protrusions from the walls near the identified point. The method also includes determining whether the notations potentially indicative of protrusions from the walls are part of the perimeter of the region of interest based on at least one criteria selected from a group consisting of size, shape, and location of the notation potentially indicative of a protrusion, defining the perimeter of the region of interest based on the notations determined to be part of the perimeter of the region of interest, and calculating a quantity associated with the region of interest based on the defined perimeter of the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Heber Allred, Robert Richter