Patents by Inventor MICHAEL ANDREW MCHUGH

MICHAEL ANDREW MCHUGH 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).

  • Smart eraser to erase digital strokes
    Patent number: 9916017
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to a smart eraser. As such, a particular drawing stroke on a canvas or background can be erased without erasing other strokes overlapping with the eraser path. In some implementations, smart eraser functionality can be triggered by beginning an eraser path at a point that coincides with the stroke to which the smart eraser functionality is to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mao Liang, Ning Li, Michael Andrew McHugh
  • SMART ERASER TO ERASE DIGITAL STROKES
    Publication number: 20160005205
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to a smart eraser. As such, a particular drawing stroke on a canvas or background can be erased without erasing other strokes overlapping with the eraser path. In some implementations, smart eraser functionality can be triggered by beginning an eraser path at a point that coincides with the stroke to which the smart eraser functionality is to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: MAO LIANG, NING LI, MICHAEL ANDREW MCHUGH