Patents by Inventor Paul Hanau

Paul Hanau 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).

  • Refining quilts of patches representing three dimensional structures
    Patent number: 8587587
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for refining quilts of patches representing three dimensional structures. A method is provided that includes generating a first quilt representation of a three-dimensional structure, adding information to the first quilt representation, and generating a second quilt representation based on the first quilt representation. The first quilt representation is based on a model and associated with a first display level of detail. The second quilt representation is associated with a second display level of detail higher than the first display level of detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hanau, Bennett Battaile
  • Refining Quilts of Patches Representing Three Dimensional Structures
    Publication number: 20130063437
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for refining quilts of patches representing three dimensional structures. A method is provided that includes generating a first quilt representation of a three-dimensional structure, adding information to the first quilt representation, and generating a second quilt representation based on the first quilt representation. The first quilt representation is based on a model and associated with a first display level of detail. The second quilt representation is associated with a second display level of detail higher than the first display level of detail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Hanau, Bennett Battaile
  • Refining quilts of patches representing three dimensional structures
    Patent number: 8355020
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for refining quilts of patches representing three dimensional structures. A method is provided that includes generating a first quilt representation of a three-dimensional structure, adding information to the first quilt representation, and generating a second quilt representation based on the first quilt representation. The first quilt representation is based on a model and associated with a first display level of detail. The second quilt representation is associated with a second display level of detail higher than the first display level of detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hanau, Bennett Battaile
  • Coloration indicative of draft angles
    Patent number: 7068282
    Abstract: An object may be colored to indicate draft angles of a pull direction at various locations of the object. The coloration advantageously employs a color map specifying a color spectrum for a range of trigonometric values of the draft angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Hanau
  • Coloration indicative of draft angles
    Publication number: 20050068329
    Abstract: An object may be colored to indicate draft angles of a pull direction at various locations of the object. The coloration advantageously employs a color map specifying a color spectrum for a range of trigonometric values of the draft angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Hanau
  • Method and apparatus for displaying and manipulating multiple geometric constraints of a mechanical design
    Patent number: 6614458
    Abstract: Computer instructions that operate to view a display of geometric constraints associated with a selected piece of geometry of a mechanical design and to drag and manipulate multiple geometric constraints of multiple pieces of geometry associated with the selected piece of geometry, when executed, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the computer instructions are part of a mechanical design software application. In one embodiment, the mechanical software application including the computer instructions are embodied in a distribution storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lambert, Paul Hanau