Patents by Inventor Joseph Ard

Joseph Ard 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).

  • Drawing style domains
    Publication number: 20070106929
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to modify an appearance style of a computer generated rendering. A computer generated rendering consisting of vector geometry is obtained. A closed second geometry is created in the computer generated rendering. The closed second geometry is then converted to a domain. An appearance style for an active region of the domain is identified and applied to all vector geometry in the active region on a per-pixel basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Mason Foster, Jose de Freitas Garcia, Joseph Ard