Patents by Inventor Ryan Styles Overbeck

Ryan Styles Overbeck 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).

  • Publication number: 20250148713
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions are configured to cause a computing system to at least generate multiple mesh cells based on multiple mesh layers, the multiple mesh layers representing a volumetric scene, the multiple mesh cells including multiple mesh blocks; select, from the multiple mesh blocks, k selected blocks based on densities of the multiple mesh blocks, k being a predetermined number; and store the selected blocks and identifiers of locations of the selected blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Kathryn Heal, John Patrick Flynn, Ryan Styles Overbeck, Michael Joseph Broxton, Stephen Anthony Lombardi, Clément Louis Jean-Claude Godard
  • Patent number: 10984582
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering vector data in conjunction with a three-dimensional model are provided. In particular, a smooth transparent draping layer can be generated and rendered overlaying the three-dimensional model. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along a surface in the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model can be a model of a geographic area and can include terrain geometry that models the terrain of the geographic area and building geometry that models buildings, bridges, and other objects in the geographic area. The smooth transparent draping layer can conform to the surfaces defined by the terrain geometry. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along the surface of the terrain geometry but can be occluded by the building geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Styles Overbeck, Janne Kontkanen
  • Publication number: 20200134903
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering vector data in conjunction with a three-dimensional model are provided. In particular, a smooth transparent draping layer can be generated and rendered overlaying the three-dimensional model. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along a surface in the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model can be a model of a geographic area and can include terrain geometry that models the terrain of the geographic area and building geometry that models buildings, bridges, and other objects in the geographic area. The smooth transparent draping layer can conform to the surfaces defined by the terrain geometry. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along the surface of the terrain geometry but can be occluded by the building geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan Styles Overbeck, Janne Kontkanen
  • Patent number: 10593098
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering vector data in conjunction with a three-dimensional model are provided. In particular, a smooth transparent draping layer can be generated and rendered overlaying the three-dimensional model. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along a surface in the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model can be a model of a geographic area and can include terrain geometry that models the terrain of the geographic area and building geometry that models buildings, bridges, and other objects in the geographic area. The smooth transparent draping layer can conform to the surfaces defined by the terrain geometry. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along the surface of the terrain geometry but can be occluded by the building geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Styles Overbeck, Janne Kontkanen
  • Publication number: 20190147636
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering vector data in conjunction with a three-dimensional model are provided. In particular, a smooth transparent draping layer can be generated and rendered overlaying the three-dimensional model. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along a surface in the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model can be a model of a geographic area and can include terrain geometry that models the terrain of the geographic area and building geometry that models buildings, bridges, and other objects in the geographic area. The smooth transparent draping layer can conform to the surfaces defined by the terrain geometry. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along the surface of the terrain geometry but can be occluded by the building geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Styles Overbeck, Janne Kontkanen
  • Patent number: 10181214
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering vector data in conjunction with a three-dimensional model are provided. In particular, a smooth transparent draping layer can be generated and rendered overlaying the three-dimensional model. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along a surface in the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model can be a model of a geographic area and can include terrain geometry that models the terrain of the geographic area and building geometry that models buildings, bridges, and other objects in the geographic area. The smooth transparent draping layer can conform to the surfaces defined by the terrain geometry. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along the surface of the terrain geometry but can be occluded by the building geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Styles Overbeck, Janne Kontkanen
  • Patent number: 9373194
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to navigating around geographic maps within a map viewport display. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to navigating around a surface of a 3D, geographic coordinate system representation of a body using a pan feature while North is locked. In response to a user activating a pan feature of a navigation interface, a spin angle and, or a swing angle is calculated and the globe is revolved around a spin-axis and/or a swing-axis while revolution around a rotate-axis is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Styles Overbeck
  • Publication number: 20150279100
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to navigating around geographic maps within a map viewport display. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to navigating around a surface of a 3D, geographic coordinate system representation of a body using a pan feature while North is locked. In response to a user activating a pan feature of a navigation interface, a spin angle and, or a swing angle is calculated and the globe is revolved around a spin-axis and/or a swing-axis while revolution around a rotate-axis is locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Ryan Styles Overbeck
  • Publication number: 20140267257
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering vector data in conjunction with a three-dimensional model are provided. In particular, a smooth transparent draping layer can be generated and rendered overlaying the three-dimensional model. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along a surface in the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model can be a model of a geographic area and can include terrain geometry that models the terrain of the geographic area and building geometry that models buildings, bridges, and other objects in the geographic area. The smooth transparent draping layer can conform to the surfaces defined by the terrain geometry. The vector data can be texture mapped to the smooth transparent draping layer such that the vector data appears to be located along the surface of the terrain geometry but can be occluded by the building geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Styles Overbeck, Janne Kontkanen