Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Kiss

Kenneth W. Kiss 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).

  • Real-time image generation system for simulating physical paint, drawing media, and feature modeling with 3-D graphics
    Patent number: 5687304
    Abstract: A computer graphics painting system defined in terms of three dimensional graphics and texturing mapping. A three dimensional drawing primitive, most commonly a polygonal mesh, is directed along a path specified by a tablet, mouse, or other input stream. The primitive is transformed to sequential locations along the stroke in three dimensional space. At each location the primitive is processed with texture mapping techniques and blended into the frame buffer for real-time display. The brush primitive may take many forms to achieve a wide variety of painting effects and styles. The polygonal mesh form may also be active in conforming to any underlying surface or model data, thus enabling real-time painting of three dimensional objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Parametric Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Kiss
  • Real-time image generation system for simulating physical paint, drawing media, and feature modeling with 3-D graphics
    Patent number: 5592597
    Abstract: A computer graphics painting system defined in terms of three dimensional graphics and texturing mapping. A three dimensional drawing primitive, most commonly a polygonal mesh, is directed along a path specified by a tablet, mouse, or other input stream. The primitive is transformed to sequential locations along the stroke in three dimensional space. At each location the primitive is processed with texture mapping techniques and blended into the frame buffer for real-time display. The brush primitive may take many forms to achieve a wide variety of painting effects and styles. The polygonal mesh form may also be active in conforming to any underlying surface or model data, thus enabling real-time painting of three dimensional objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Parametric Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Kiss