Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Kelker

Timothy A. Kelker 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).

  • Object selection system and method
    Patent number: 9927965
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that facilitates the selection of individually selectable three dimensional objects displayed through a display device. The system may include at least one processor that is configured to determine at least one path that traverses the objects based on at least one motion input received through an input device. The processor may also cause at least two of the objects to be selected in a group while at least one of the objects remains unselected based on an amount of a surface area of each object that was traversed by the at least one path. In addition, the processor may cause at least one operation to be carried out on the group of at least two objects that are selected and not on the at least one object that remains unselected based on whether the objects are selected, responsive to at least one operation input received through the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT INC.
    Inventors: Dick Baardse, Michael Nelson, James Carrington, Timothy A. Kelker
  • OBJECT SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170060384
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that facilitates the selection of individually selectable three dimensional objects displayed through a display device. The system may include at least one processor that is configured to determine at least one path that traverses the objects based on at least one motion input received through an input device. The processor may also cause at least two of the objects to be selected in a group while at least one of the objects remains unselected based on an amount of a surface area of each object that was traversed by the at least one path. In addition, the processor may cause at least one operation to be carried out on the group of at least two objects that are selected and not on the at least one object that remains unselected based on whether the objects are selected, responsive to at least one operation input received through the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Dick Baardse, Michael Nelson, James Carrington, Timothy A. Kelker
  • System and method for automating architecture changes to system-level design
    Publication number: 20050209722
    Abstract: A system and method for the automation of architectural changes to a system level design process. Various embodiments of the process include generating product definition templates for each node in a product model, then applying knowledge-based engineering processes and tools in conjunction with interpart modeling functionality to automate the architectural change using the product definition templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: UGS Corp.
    Inventors: Raymond Kok, Timothy Kelker