Patents by Inventor Judith G. Pafford

Judith G. Pafford 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).

  • Terrain and culture generation system and method
    Patent number: 5359526
    Abstract: A method and system (10) for generating a reconfigurable terrain and culture database of a simulated environment. Terrain and culture data are extracted from at least one of a plurality of digital data sources (14), and the extracted data is transformed into a predetermined central database format (22) from which the extracted data may be edited (24) and formatted (28) for a particular imaging system. The terrain and culture data are not merged until formatting in order to enable rapid reskinning of the terrain or the addition of further culture detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Hughes Training, Inc.
    Inventors: Reed C. Whittington, Joe Nguyen, Judith G. Pafford