Patents by Inventor Paul J. Asente

Paul J. Asente 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).

  • Recoloring art work
    Publication number: 20010038389
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method alters component colors of art work associated with a drawing stroke on an electronic document. In one aspect, the invention generates a darkness value for each component color of each original color; generates a new color to substitute for each original color, the component color values of the new color being generated according to the corresponding darkness value and a reference color; and alters the component colors of the art work based on the new color values. In a second aspect, the invention provides a computer-implemented method for altering a component color of art work by mapping the component color to a new color based on a color space associated with the component color and applying the resulting color to components of the art work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
    Inventor: Paul J. Asente
  • Automatic graphical pattern placement and adjustment
    Patent number: 6310622
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for positioning and editing graphical elements repeated along a path in an electronic document. The technique includes creating an enhanced path, which has a graphical element, a path, and a set of one or more reproduction parameters specifying how copies of the element are to be displayed along the path; drawing copies of the element in an electronic document according to the enhanced path; allowing a user to edit the enhanced path; and redrawing copies of the element according to the edited enhanced path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Paul J. Asente
  • Recoloring art work
    Patent number: 6271859
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method alters component colors of art work associated with a drawing stroke on an electronic document. In one aspect, the invention generates a darkness value for each component color of each original color; generates a new color to substitute for each original color, the component color values of the new color being generated according to the corresponding darkness value and a reference color; and alters the component colors of the art work based on the new color values. In a second aspect, the invention provides a computer-implemented method for altering a component color of art work by mapping the component color to a new color based on a color space associated with the component color and applying the resulting color to components of the art work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Paul J. Asente