Patents by Inventor Mark A. Hesson

Mark A. Hesson 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).

  • Reverse daylighting function for computer-generated images
    Patent number: 6232975
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for creating daylighted objects by drawing projection lines from an intersection of two objects. Once the intersection between a plane of one object and a face or plane of another object is determined, a polyline with at least one vertex is created comprising at least one edge of the intersection of the plane and the face. Projection lines are then drawn from each vertex of the polyline to the object such that the projection lines intersect the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Mark Hesson, John Murchie Lewis, Christopher Eric Putnam
  • Dripless medicine dropper
    Patent number: D406889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventors: Melissa Hesson, Mark A. Hesson