Patents by Inventor Mark Sinclair-McGarvie

Mark Sinclair-McGarvie 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).

  • Publication number: 20080036768
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for a finding an intersection for geometrically coincident curves, comprising selecting a curve pair where at least one curve in said curve pair is a parametric curve; determining a curve parameter for each curve in said curve pair; splitting each of said curves into a plurality of candidate segments; recursively subdividing each of said candidate segments into a pair of finalized segments that are sufficiently straight; intersecting an approximation for each of said finalized segments; obtaining a plurality of next parameter values from said intersecting step; and testing for a terminating condition and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: UGS CORP.
    Inventors: Mark Sinclair-McGarvie, Christopher Brown, Michael Atkins