Patents by Inventor Tobias H. Hoellerer

Tobias H. Hoellerer 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).

  • System and method for view management in three dimensional space
    Patent number: 8681146
    Abstract: A method for managing a display space for a 3D environment is provided. A 3D scene having at least one scene object is displayed and the visible surfaces of the scene objects are represented as visible space in a 2D view plane representation. Controllable objects that are to be placed in the scene are defined by parameters such as size, placement priority, proximity relationships and the like. The available space for placing controllable objects, which can include empty space and low priority background and foreground regions, is determined for each controllable object. The placement for controllable objects in the 3D space is then determined in accordance with at least placement parameter and one of the visible space and available space of the view-plane representation such that view management objectives, such as not occluding important scene objects, are accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Blaine A. Bell, Steven K. Feiner, Tobias H Hoellerer
  • System And Method For View Management In Three Dimensional Space
    Publication number: 20100141648
    Abstract: A method for managing a display space for a 3D environment is provided. A 3D scene having at least one scene object is displayed and the visible surfaces of the scene objects are represented as visible space in a 2D view plane representation. Controllable objects that are to be placed in the scene are defined by parameters such as size, placement priority, proximity relationships and the like. The available space for placing controllable objects, which can include empty space and low priority background and foreground regions, is determined for each controllable object. The placement for controllable objects in the 3D space is then determined in accordance with at least placement parameter and one of the visible space and available space of the view-plane representation such that view management objectives, such as not occluding important scene objects, are accomplished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Blaine A. Bell, Steven K. Feiner, Tobias H. Hoellerer
  • System and method for view management in three dimensional space
    Patent number: 7643024
    Abstract: A method for managing a display space for a 3D environment is provided. A 3D scene having at least one scene object (105) is displayed and the visible surfaces (110) of the scene objects are represented as visible space in a 2D view plane representation. Controllable objects that are to be placed in the scene are defined by parameters such as size, placement priority, proximity relationships and the like. The available space for placing controllable objects, which can include empty space and low priority background and foreground regions, is determined for each controllable object. The placement (125) for controllable objects in the 3D space is then determined in accordance with at least placement parameter and one of the visible space and available space of the view-plane representation (120) such that view management objectives, such as not occluding important scene objects, are accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Blaine A. Bell, Steven K. Feiner, Tobias H. Hoellerer
  • System and method for view management in three dimensional space
    Publication number: 20040233171
    Abstract: A method for managing a display space for a 3D environment is provided. A 3D scene having at least one scene object (105) is displayed and the visible surfaces (110) of the scene objects are represented as visible space in a 2D view plane representation. Controllable objects that are to be placed in the scene are defined by parameters such as size, placement priority, proximity relationships and the like. The available space for placing controllable objects, which can include empty space and low priority background and foreground regions, is determined for each controllable object. The placement (125) for controllable objects in the 3D space is then determined in accordance with at least placement parameter and one of the visible space and available space of the view-plane representation (120) such that view management objectives, such as not occluding important scene objects, are accomplished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Blaine A. Bell, Steven K. Feiner, Tobias H. Hoellerer