Patents by Inventor Jeroen van Baar

Jeroen van Baar 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).

  • Method for rendering graphical objects represented as surface elements
    Patent number: 6448968
    Abstract: Provided is a method for modeling a representation of a graphic object. A surface of the object is partitioned into a plurality of cells having a grid resolution related to an image plane resolution. A single zero-dimensional surface element is stored in the memory for each cell located on the surface of the object. The surface elements in adjacent cells are conected by links, and attributes of the portion of the object contained in the cell are assinged to each surface element and each link. The location of the attributed surface elements can be moved according to forces acting on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanspeter Pfister, Jeroen van Baar, Collin E. Oosterbaan
  • Method for modeling graphical objects represented as surface elements
    Patent number: 6396496
    Abstract: Provided is a method for modeling a representation of a graphic object. A surface of the object is partitioned into a plurality of cells having a grid resolution related to an image plane resolution. A single zero-dimensional surface element is stored in the memory for each cell located on the surface of the object. The surface elements in adjacent cells are connected by links, and attributes of the portion of the object contained in the cell are assigned to each surface element and each link. The location of the attributed surface elements can be moved according to forces acting on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanspeter Pfister, Jeroen van Baar, Collin E. Oosterbaan
  • Method for interactively modeling graphical objects with linked and unlinked surface elements
    Patent number: 6342886
    Abstract: A method generates a representation of a graphic object in a memory. A surface of the object is partitioned into a plurality of cells having a grid resolution related to an image plane resolution. A single zero-dimensional surface element is stored in the memory for each cell located on the surface of the object. A subset of the surface elements are selected as primary surface elements. The unselected surface elements are identified as secondary surface elements. Adjacent primary surface elements are connected by links. Primary attributes of the portion of the object contained in a particular cell are assigned to the associated primary surface element and the links of the associated primary surface element. The unselected surface elements are partitioned into groups, there being one group for each primary surface element, and secondary attributes of the portion of the object contained in a particular cell are assigned to the associated secondary surface elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, INC
    Inventors: Hanspeter Pfister, Jeroen van Baar, Collin E. Oosterbaan