Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Wiant

Kenneth J. Wiant 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).

  • Efficient digital map overlays
    Patent number: 6980224
    Abstract: In a graphics processing system utilizing a graphics interface that defines each color fragment using at least one color fragment characteristic component, a method and system for more efficient display of a graphic overlay. The method can comprise for each color fragment in a map scene, defining the color fragment characteristic component value based on a location characteristic associated with a location on the map, setting a test value, and comparing the color fragment characteristic component value for each color fragment in the map scene to the test value to determine whether the color fragment should be displayed in an overlay color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Wiant, Jr.
  • Efficient digital map overlays
    Publication number: 20030184563
    Abstract: In a graphics processing system utilizing a graphics interface that defines each color fragment using at least one color fragment characteristic component, a method and system for more efficient display of a graphic overlay. The method can comprise for each color fragment in a map scene, defining the color fragment characteristic component value based on a location characteristic associated with a location on the map, setting a test value, and comparing the color fragment characteristic component value for each color fragment in the map scene to the test value to determine whether the color fragment should be displayed in an overlay color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Wiant