Patents by Inventor Simon C. Smith

Simon C. Smith 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).

  • POINT AND CLICK LIGHTING FOR IMAGE BASED LIGHTING SURFACES
    Publication number: 20170124754
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of interacting with a three dimensional image based lighting surface in order to adjust the lighting properties of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: MARK SEGASBY, SIMON C. SMITH
  • POINT AND CLICK LIGHTING FOR IMAGE BASED LIGHTING SURFACES
    Publication number: 20170061675
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of interacting with a three dimensional image based lighting surface in order to adjust the lighting properties of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: MARK SEGASBY, SIMON C. SMITH
  • Point and click lighting for image based lighting surfaces
    Patent number: 9530242
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of interacting with a three dimensional image based lighting surface to adjust its lighting properties, comprising defining an image plane and a user viewpoint for the lighting surface; rendering and displaying a scene containing an object in situ within the lighting surface; by way of a user interaction with the displayed scene, receiving an identification of a point on the image plane; tracing a ray from the user viewpoint through the identified point on the image plane and either, determining a surface intersection point of the ray with the surface or determining an object intersection point of the ray with the object and tracing a further ray, and determining a surface intersection point of the further ray with the surface, and adjusting the lighting properties of the surface at or in the region of the surface intersection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LIGHTMAP LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Segasby, Simon C. Smith
  • POINT AND CLICK LIGHTING FOR IMAGE BASED LIGHTING SURFACES
    Publication number: 20150042654
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of interacting with a three dimensional image based lighting surface to adjust its lighting properties, comprising defining an image plane and a user viewpoint for the lighting surface; rendering and displaying a scene containing an object in situ within the lighting surface; by way of a user interaction with the displayed scene, receiving an identification of a point on the image plane; tracing a ray from the user viewpoint through the identified point on the image plane and either, determining a surface intersection point of the ray with the surface or determining an object intersection point of the ray with the object and tracing a further ray, and determining a surface intersection point of the further ray with the surface, and adjusting the lighting properties of the surface at or in the region of the surface intersection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Segasby, Simon C. Smith