Patents by Inventor Patrick A. Bergeron

Patrick A. Bergeron 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: 20240144600
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating a texture for a three-dimensional (3D) model of an oral structure. The method includes providing the 3D model of the oral structure in the form of a polygon mesh, identifying a set of points located on the polygon mesh, and determining, for each respective point in the set of points, a respective texture value. Each respective texture value is determined by identifying a set of frames, filtering the set of frames to identify a subset of frames, determining a set of candidate texture values for the respective texture value, computing, for each respective candidate texture value in the set of candidate texture values, a quality factor, and computing the respective texture value for the respective point by combining, based on their respective quality factors, candidate texture values selected from the set of candidate texture values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander SCHMIDT-KRULIG, Andreas HELBIG, Julien MARBACH, Patrick BERGERON
  • Publication number: 20240061968
    Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to design a terrain surface. A triangular surface mesh in three-dimensions representative of an existing surface is obtained. One or more constraints to control the triangular surface mesh are specified. The specifying includes defining multiple basic grading element constraints that are constraints on surface points of the existing surface, and combining such constraints into a complex grading element constraint that matches a real world grading behavior. Drainage for the triangular surface mesh is automatically determined based on the complex grading element constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Valentin R. Koch, Patrick A. Bergeron, Nicholas James Zeeben, Qing Xue, Weiwei Hu
  • Patent number: 11816396
    Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to design a terrain surface. A triangular surface mesh representative of an existing surface is obtained. One or more constraints to control the triangular surface mesh are specified. Drainage for the triangular surface mesh is automatically determined based on the constraints. The triangular surface mesh is optimized based on the drainage and one or more design options. The optimizing modifies the triangular surface mesh to define drainage flow for the drainage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Valentin R. Koch, Patrick A. Bergeron, Nicholas James Zeeben, Qing Xue, Weiwei Hu
  • Publication number: 20210141966
    Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to design a terrain surface. A triangular surface mesh representative of an existing surface is obtained. One or more constraints to control the triangular surface mesh are specified. Drainage for the triangular surface mesh is automatically determined based on the constraints. The triangular surface mesh is optimized based on the drainage and one or more design options. The optimizing modifies the triangular surface mesh to define drainage flow for the drainage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Valentin R. Koch, Patrick A. Bergeron, Nicholas James Zeeben, Qing Xue, Weiwei Hu
  • Patent number: 10733312
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for context driven subscriptions are provided. In general, a user interface for a pipeline management system can be configured to provide information regarding one or more pipelines to authorized users. The information can include data gathered using one or more sensors sensing various parameters. The information on the user interface can include results of analysis of the gathered data, such as notifications that the gathered data indicates an anomaly with a pipeline. The notifications of anomalies can be provided on the user interface in real time with the data analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce J. Jacobson, Trent Gillham, Patrick Bergeron
  • Publication number: 20180096159
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for context driven subscriptions are provided. In general, a user interface for a pipeline management system can be configured to provide information regarding one or more pipelines to authorized users. The information can include data gathered using one or more sensors sensing various parameters. The information on the user interface can include results of analysis of the gathered data, such as notifications that the gathered data indicates an anomaly with a pipeline. The notifications of anomalies can be provided on the user interface in real time with the data analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce J. Jacobson, Trent Gillham, Patrick Bergeron