Patents by Inventor Zachary J. Vorhies

Zachary J. Vorhies 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: 9153011
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing movement based level of detail (“LOD”) adjustments for textures in a graphics application are disclosed. The method includes displaying, in a user interface of a display device, a plurality of frames representing movement within a geographic area. The geographic area has texture rendered at one or more level of detail, the texture being based at least in part on map, satellite, or geographic imagery. The displayed level of detail of at least a portion of the geographic area is decreased in response to a frame rate of one or more of the plurality of frames and at least one of a ratio of areas of two frames of the plurality of frames, and a ratio of intersecting area of two frames of the plurality of frames to area of one of the two frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Zachary J. Vorhies
  • Publication number: 20130342537
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing movement based level of detail (“LOD”) adjustments for textures in a graphics application are disclosed. The method includes displaying, in a user interface of a display device, a plurality of frames representing movement within a geographic area. The geographic area has texture rendered at one or more level of detail, the texture being based at least in part on map, satellite, or geographic imagery. The displayed level of detail of at least a portion of the geographic area is decreased in response to a frame rate of one or more of the plurality of frames and at least one of a ratio of areas of two frames of the plurality of frames, and a ratio of intersecting area of two frames of the plurality of frames to area of one of the two frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Zachary J. Vorhies