Patents by Inventor Ryan Converse Logan

Ryan Converse Logan 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).

  • Apparatus and methods of generation of textures with depth buffers
    Patent number: 7164785
    Abstract: A three dimensional (3-D) image is generated from a plurality of portions of an image of an object, each captured portion of the image is based on a scan width of an image capture device. A range finding device obtains at least one range data value for each captured portion of the image as at least one corresponding position in each captured portions of the image, and a base to which the image capture device and the range finding device are mounted moves in increments based on the scan width of the image capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Ryan Converse Logan, Ernest August Franke, Eric Conrad Peterson
  • Apparatus and methods of generation of textures with depth buffers
    Publication number: 20030031360
    Abstract: A three dimensional (3-D) image is generated from a plurality of portions of an image of an object, each captured portion of the image is based on a scan width of an image capture device. A range finding device obtains at least one range data value for each captured portion of the image as at least one corresponding position in each captured portions of the image, and a base to which the image capture device and the range finding device are mounted moves in increments based on the scan width of the image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ryan Converse Logan, Ernest August Franke, Eric Conrad Peterson