Patents by Inventor Robert Alan Buchanan

Robert Alan Buchanan 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).

  • Systems, methods and apparatus to unambiguously outline a region of interest
    Patent number: 8547387
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a graphical object is generated around a mathematical boundary of a region of interest in an image. The graphical object has varying opacity in which a higher opacity in areas of the graphical object in close proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate close proximity to the boundary, and lesser opacity in areas of the graphical object of more distant proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate distant proximity to the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Robert Alan Buchanan
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS TO UNAMBIGUOUSLY OUTLINE A REGION OF INTEREST
    Publication number: 20090273608
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a graphical object is generated around a mathematical boundary of a region of interest in an image. The graphical object has varying opacity in which a higher opacity in areas of the graphical object in close proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate close proximity to the boundary, and lesser opacity in areas of the graphical object of more distant proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate distant proximity to the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Alan Buchanan
  • Method and apparatus for arranging program and I/O controls
    Patent number: 7310782
    Abstract: A computer system includes a display and a processor. The processor operable to implement a user interface on the display. The user interface including a plurality of program controls for initiating processing tasks. The processor is operable to, responsive to an activation of a selected program control, place an I/O control associated with the selected program control proximate the selected program control to allow visual association between the I/O control and the selected program control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Alan Buchanan, John D. Hoford, Pawan P. Singh