Patents by Inventor Marianne Elizabeth Brunner

Marianne Elizabeth Brunner 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).

  • Method of analysis of comfort for virtual prototyping system
    Patent number: 7634394
    Abstract: A method for analyzing the comfort of an actual product on an actual body by use of a virtual product model and virtual body model to calculate a comfort indicator. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a virtual body model; (b) providing a virtual product model; (c) providing virtual simulation software; (d) gathering data from actual users of an actual product of a type modeled by the virtual product model; (e) running a virtual simulation for the virtual product model worn on the virtual body model; (f) running a virtual simulation for the virtual body model in the absence of the virtual product model; (g) calculating a difference in deformation on the virtual body model between the virtual simulations; and (h) correlating the calculated difference to the gathered data to determine a magnitude difference, the magnitude difference being the comfort indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Macura, Bryan Keith Feller, Noble Lester Rye, II, Luke Hwang, John Matthew Anast, Marianne Elizabeth Brunner, Tana Marie Kirkbride