Patents by Inventor Michael C. Daum

Michael C. Daum 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).

  • Patent number: 8805064
    Abstract: The embodiments discussed herein involve flood filling a region with anti-aliasing. In forming a fill region, a candidate pixel can be included in the region based on a color of the pixel and also a color of a neighbor of the point. The inclusion basis may be a color distance between a seed color and the points, and a color distance between the seed color and the point's neighbor. Points in the region may be weighted according to their color distance relative to the seed color, where the color distance can also take into account alpha values. Flood filling may be anti-aliased by assigning alpha values to pixels in gaps between corners of the fill region, where an alpha value may be proportional to a point's contribution to the gap. Dimples in a fill region may be tested for and used to determine which of two flood fill algorithms to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian R. Ameline, Eric A. Blaise, Michael C. Daum
  • Patent number: 8422776
    Abstract: A system or method of automated image processing that can automatically determine a color and transparency for a pixel with an observed color when given the pixel and a background reference color. A point in a color space can be automatically found by extrapolating in the color space based on two points in the color space that respectively correspond to or that respectively approximate the observed color and the given background reference color. A color for the given pixel that corresponds to or approximates the found point in the color space can also be calculated automatically. Based on the found point and the two points in the color space that respectively correspond to the observed color and the given reference color, a transparency for the pixel can be automatically found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian R. Ameline, Michael C. Daum
  • Patent number: 7302094
    Abstract: A system or method of automated image processing that can automatically determine a color and transparency for a pixel with an observed color when given the pixel and a background reference color. A point in a color space can be automatically found by extrapolating in the color space based on two points in the color space that respectively correspond to or that respectively approximate the observed color and the given background reference color. A color for the given pixel that corresponds to or approximates the found point in the color space can also be calculated automatically. Based on the found point and the two points in the color space that respectively correspond to the observed color and the given reference color, a transparency for the pixel can be automatically found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian R. Ameline, Michael C. Daum