Patents by Inventor John Matthew Anast

John Matthew Anast 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: 8538128
    Abstract: A method for determining the location of an additive, especially an additive that is not visible to a consumer, in an article with respect to a surface feature of the article is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: André Mellin, Michael Paul Hausfeld, John Matthew Anast
  • Publication number: 20120257812
    Abstract: A method for determining the location of an additive, especially an additive that is not visible to a consumer, in an article with respect to a surface feature of the article is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: André Mellin, Michael Paul Hausfeld, John Matthew Anast
  • Patent number: 7937253
    Abstract: A computer method for simulating motion of at least a portion of a virtual body is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing a surfaced body model; capturing or computing motion data for an external surface of the surfaced body; dividing the body model into at least two volumes, one of the volumes comprising at least a portion of the external surface of the surfaced body and being a deformable volume, and one of the volumes being a prescribed motion volume, the two volumes defining an interfacial surface; moving the external surface of the surfaced body according to the motion data while computing motion of the interfacial surface; and, simulating motion of the portion of a body by driving motion of the interfacial surface through the computed motion to provide an accurately positioned moving deformable surface that can be used in garment design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Matthew Anast, Douglass Scott Henry, Bruce William Lavash, Matthew Joseph Macura, Noble Lester Rye, II, Michael Lewis Rubin
  • Publication number: 20100297402
    Abstract: An embossed fibrous structure comprising a singly ply is disclosed. The embossments have a contrast ratio of greater than about 1.25 as measured according to the Reflected Light Intensity test method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Donn Nathan Boatman, James Paul Farwig, John Matthew Anast
  • Patent number: 7634394
    Abstract: A method for analyzing the comfort of an actual product on an actual body by use of a virtual product model and virtual body model to calculate a comfort indicator. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a virtual body model; (b) providing a virtual product model; (c) providing virtual simulation software; (d) gathering data from actual users of an actual product of a type modeled by the virtual product model; (e) running a virtual simulation for the virtual product model worn on the virtual body model; (f) running a virtual simulation for the virtual body model in the absence of the virtual product model; (g) calculating a difference in deformation on the virtual body model between the virtual simulations; and (h) correlating the calculated difference to the gathered data to determine a magnitude difference, the magnitude difference being the comfort indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Macura, Bryan Keith Feller, Noble Lester Rye, II, Luke Hwang, John Matthew Anast, Marianne Elizabeth Brunner, Tana Marie Kirkbride