Patents by Inventor Kari A. Pulli

Kari A. Pulli 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).

  • Editing a surface
    Patent number: 6130673
    Abstract: A computer implemented method edits a surface by displaying a surface rendered from a polygonal mesh defined by mesh elements, selecting, as an edit mesh element, a mesh element displayed in the surface, determining a set of affected mesh elements from the polygonal mesh wherein each affected mesh element is within a specified vicinity of the edit mesh element, editing the edit mesh element in response to user input, and editing the affected mesh elements based on the edited edit mesh element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kari A. Pulli, John Michael Lounsbery