Patents by Inventor Robert Howard Wolfe

Robert Howard Wolfe 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).

  • Patent number: 5796386
    Abstract: In a graphics processing and display system wherein the view point is controlled according to position and orientation of a view point reference with respect to a representation of the displayed graphics data determined by a view point reference coordinate sensing system comprising a source and a sensor, wherein the sensor has a fixed position and orientation with respect to said view point reference and the source has a fixed position and orientation with respect to the schematic representation, calibration of the system requires two ordered steps: view point reference-sensor calibration and source-representation calibration. View point reference-sensor calibration is performed by registering and processing four configurations of the sensor housing. Source-representation calibration is performed by storing and processing three positions of the sensor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Sargent Lipscomb, Jai Prakash Menon, Jaroslaw Roman Rossignac, Robert Howard Wolfe
  • Patent number: 5764217
    Abstract: A graphics processing and display system includes a coordinate sensing system for determining position and orientation of a view point reference with respect to a schematic representation of at least one three-dimensional object; a view point controller for controlling a display view point according to the determined position and orientation of the view point reference with respect to the schematic representation; and a display processor for generating pixel data representing a two-dimensional rendering of the at least one three-dimensional object according to the graphics data and display view point, wherein the two-dimensional rendering is different from the schematic representation, and wherein the pixel data generated by the display processor is output for display on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Borrel, Peter Daniel Kirchner, James Sargent Lipscomb, Jai Prakash Menon, Jaroslaw Roman Rossignac, Robert Howard Wolfe