Patents by Inventor Patrick Dalton

Patrick Dalton 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).

  • Multiple artistic look rendering methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 7995060
    Abstract: A computer system comprises a memory configured to store a geometric description of an object, wherein the memory is configured to store a first set of parameters associated with a first artistic look, and wherein the memory is configured to store a second set of parameters associated with a second artistic look, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to determine a first set of rendered data in response to the first set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, wherein the processor is configured to determine a second set of rendered data in response to the second set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, and wherein the processor is configured to determine a visual representation for the object in response to the first set of rendered data and in response to the second set of rendered data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: John T Murrah, Henry Allen Driskill, Colin Eckart, Donald Adolph Lusinsky, Sean D Jenkins, Patrick Dalton
  • MULTIPLE ARTISTIC LOOK RENDERING METHODS AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090033662
    Abstract: A computer system comprises a memory configured to store a geometric description of an object, wherein the memory is configured to store a first set of parameters associated with a first artistic look, and wherein the memory is configured to store a second set of parameters associated with a second artistic look, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to determine a first set of rendered data in response to the first set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, wherein the processor is configured to determine a second set of rendered data in response to the second set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, and wherein the processor is configured to determine a visual representation for the object in response to the first set of rendered data and in response to the second set of rendered data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Incorporated
    Inventors: John T. Murrah, Henry Allen Driskill, Colin Eckart, Donald Adolph Lusinsky, Sean D. Jenkins, Patrick Dalton
  • Brush seal designs for turbines and similar rotary apparatus
    Publication number: 20060006603
    Abstract: A seal segment for a turbine is provided having labyrinth teeth and a brush seal disposed along the labyrinth teeth. A plurality of the segments for a seal ring. The segments are separable from each other so that the seal can retract. Each segment has two ends, each of which abuts another segment, with those ends lying along a radius (when looking down the shaft of the turbine). The brush disposed in each segment has ends that do not lie along a radius, but fit together in a tongue and groove configuration when the seal segments come together to form a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: William Dalton, Eric Sulda, Patrick Dalton, William Catlow