Patents by Inventor Robert Clair

Robert Clair 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).

  • Method and apparatus for defining and selectively repeating unit image cells
    Patent number: 6147688
    Abstract: A method and system for generating designs by repetition of a user-defined image component which is arranged throughout an image pixelmap according to any desired pattern. Vector descriptions are used to specify pixelmap locations where the unit cell is to be copied. A user can define placement vectors that copy the unit cells apart from one another, adjacent one another or in an overlapping pattern. In the latter case, a formalism is provided for "masking out" a portion of the unit cell to avoid deletion of desired image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Athena Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Clair