Patents by Inventor Shigeo Murohashi

Shigeo Murohashi 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: 5936633
    Abstract: In order to render a three-dimensional space which has a spotlight source with a cone angle .theta. at high speed and with better quality, an object's surface in the three-dimensional space is first meshed into a plurality of elements. Then, a radiosity from the spotlight source is calculated for each element which is included inside of the cone angle .theta. when viewed from the spotlight source. Thereafter, an intensity-value at each vertex of each element is calculated from the radiosity calculated for each element. Next, Gouraud shading is performed by using the intensity-value at each vertex of each element, and the result is displayed on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Aono, Ryutarou Ohbuchi, Shigeo Murohashi