Patents by Inventor Naomi Clark

Naomi Clark 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 and system for manipulating a digital representation of a three-dimensional object
    Patent number: 7755620
    Abstract: A method of manipulating a three-dimensional virtual building block model by means of two-dimensional cursor movements, the virtual building block model including a plurality of virtual building blocks each including a number of connection elements for connecting the virtual building block with another virtual building block according to a set of connection rules, the method comprising positioning by means of cursor movements in a computer display area representing a two-dimensional projection of said model, a two-dimensional projection of a first virtual building block to be connected to the structure, resulting in a two-dimensional position; determining, from the two-dimensional position, a number of three-dimensional candidate positions of the first virtual building block in the three-dimensional coordinate system; selecting one of said candidate positions based on the connection rules and a predetermined set of position rating rules; and connecting the first building block to said structure at the selecte
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Interlego AG
    Inventors: Ronny Scherer, Olga Timcenko, Naomi Clark, Peter Acker
  • Method and system for manipulating a digital representation of a three-dimensional object
    Publication number: 20070063997
    Abstract: A method of manipulating a three-dimensional virtual building block model by means of two-dimensional cursor movements, the virtual building block model including a plurality of virtual building blocks each including a number of connection elements for connecting the virtual building block with another virtual building block according to a set of connection rules, the method comprising positioning by means of cursor movements in a computer display area representing a two-dimensional projection of said model, a two-dimensional projection of a first virtual building block to be connected to the structure, resulting in a two-dimensional position; determining, from the two-dimensional position, a number of three-dimensional candidate positions of the first virtual building block in the three-dimensional coordinate system; selecting one of said candidate positions based on the connection rules and a predetermined set of position rating rules; and connecting the first building block to said structure at the selecte
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Ronny Scherer, Olga Timcenko, Naomi Clark, Peter Acker