Patents by Inventor Richard Paul Hammersley

Richard Paul Hammersley 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).

  • Modeling at more than one level of resolution
    Patent number: 6313837
    Abstract: A method, computer system and computer program are disclosed for representing a first surface at multiple levels of resolution. The first surface is partitioned into nodes with one or more boundaries, each level of resolution having a subset of the boundaries. A second surface may be classified against the first surface. Surfaces and the model may be decimated. Portions of the surfaces may be loaded from persistent memory on demand and removed when no longer required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Brent Assa, Richard Paul Hammersley, Hong-Qian Lu