Patents by Inventor Scott C. Morrison

Scott C. Morrison 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).

  • Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 11474665
    Abstract: An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object displayed on a display unit, such as by right-clicking. The menu panel is displayed along with one base menu, and other base menus are displayed by the user moving the cursor to another selection region. The user selects a menu item from a base menu to cause the application to execute the function associated with the menu item. The selection regions of the menu panel do not include information describing the content of the associated base menus. By arranging the base menus around the menu panel, cursor movement is minimized to improve user efficiency in using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Britt S. Miura, Scott C. Morrison
  • MULTIPLE MENUS FOR USE WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20150317049
    Abstract: An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object displayed on a display unit, such as by right-clicking. The menu panel is displayed along with one base menu, and other base menus are displayed by the user moving the cursor to another selection region. The user selects a menu item from a base menu to cause the application to execute the function associated with the menu item. The selection regions of the menu panel do not include information describing the content of the associated base menus. By arranging the base menus around the menu panel, cursor movement is minimized to improve user efficiency in using the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Eden Rock Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Britt S. Miura, Scott C. Morrison
  • Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 9081480
    Abstract: An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object displayed on a display unit, such as by right-clicking. The menu panel is displayed along with one base menu, and other base menus are displayed by the user moving the cursor to another selection region. The user selects a menu item from a base menu to cause the application to execute the function associated with the menu item. The selection regions of the menu panel do not include information describing the content of the associated base menus. By arranging the base menus around the menu panel, cursor movement is minimized to improve user efficiency in using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AUTODESK, Inc.
    Inventors: Britt S. Miura, Scott C. Morrison
  • Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8136045
    Abstract: An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object displayed on a display unit, such as by right-clicking. The menu panel is displayed along with one base menu, and other base menus are displayed by the user moving the cursor to another selection region. The user selects a menu item from a base menu to cause the application to execute the function associated with the menu item. The selection regions of the menu panel do not include information describing the content of the associated base menus. By arranging the base menus around the menu panel, cursor movement is minimized to improve user efficiency in using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Britt S. Miura, Scott C. Morrison
  • Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 7246329
    Abstract: An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object displayed on a display unit, such as by right-clicking. The menu panel is displayed along with one base menu, and other base menus are displayed by the user moving the cursor to another selection region. The user selects a menu item from a base menu to cause the application to execute the function associated with the menu item. The selection regions of the menu panel do not include information describing the content of the associated base menus. By arranging the base menus around the menu panel, cursor movement is minimized to improve user efficiency in using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Britt S. Miura, Scott C. Morrison
  • Texture mapping using a plane normal to a selected triangle and using a (U,V) origin thereof to preserve texture size upon surface scaling
    Patent number: 6064394
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for (U,V) texture mapping of object surfaces in a 3D graphics system in such a way that the size of the texture is preserved, and the texture wraps around curved surfaces, even when the surface is scaled. One or more triangles are selected from an arbitrary mesh of triangles. A plane normal and a (U,V) origin of the plane normal is determined for each selected triangle. The surface of the selected triangle is texture mapped using the plane normal and the (U,V) origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott C. Morrison