Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090123088 | TILED PROJECTIONS FOR PLANAR PROCESSING OF ROUND EARTH DATA - A system and method that facilitates planar processing of round earth data by employing a tiled projection is provided. The tiled projection is a two-step projection from the surface of the earth to a common plane that preserves polygons and polygonal paths. During the first step, the system performs a gnomonic projection to the facets of a circumscribed platonic solid, which maps spherical polygons to spatial polygons on the facets of the solid. During the second step, the system performs a polygon-preserving projection from the facets of the platonic solid to tiles in common plane. Thus, projections from multiple facets of the platonic solid on the common plane are processed by employing a planar algorithm. | 05-14-2009 |
20150130792 | INTEGRATION OF LABELS INTO A 3D GEOSPATIAL MODEL - Architecture that enables the representation of labels as objects in the 3D (three-dimensional) world, with size, elevation, and orientation. Logical hierarchies in the world are represented by the placement and prominence of labels in the 3D world scene. For example, state labels are positioned higher and larger than city labels. The illusion of the label as a fixed element in the 3D model is maintained during manipulations. Additionally, movement is provided to ensure legibility, but is delayed until the user's input is quiescent. Moreover, labels along roads, for example, can be oriented to stand vertically along a curve. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130807 | MAINTAINING 3D LABELS AS STABLE OBJECTS IN 3D WORLD - Architecture that enables the preservation of label readability in a scene (e.g., map, map tiles, graphical background, etc.) by way of label orientation relative to a fixed heading on a plane or curved surface. After identifying an initial fixed heading, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene along that heading without changing the camera heading as measured relative to a fixed point does not alter label orientation. In a mapping implementation, after identifying an initial fixed camera heading over terrain of the Earth, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene without changing the camera heading as measured relative to some fixed point does not change label orientation. The orientation of labels may be changed if the heading of the camera is altered, but this change is delayed until camera movement quiesces. | 05-14-2015 |
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20090194911 | OPTICAL MICRO-ARRAY FOR E.G. MICRO SENSORS - Method for manufacturing a polymer body ( | 08-06-2009 |
20100025870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A POLYMERIC ARTICLE - The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing, in one production step and from one material, a polymeric article having at least one optical transparent area and at least one optical non-transparent area. The inventors found that it is possible to simultaneously create transparent and non-transparent areas, while the article is formed, by influencing specific cooling parameters. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028648 | Product with Internal Cavities, and Method, System and Mould for Manufacturing Such a Product - Method and system for making a product ( | 02-04-2010 |
20110279989 | PREPARATION OF MOULDED BODY WITH ELECTRIC CIRCUIT - The invention is directed to a method for preparing a moulded body comprising an integrated electric circuit, to a body comprising an integrated electric circuit, and to a device comprising the body. The method of the invention comprises—placing one or more electrical components in a mould and fixing the one or more electrical components; —at least partially moulding said body using a moulding material; —providing a conductive pattern onto said at least partially moulded body; —providing one or more conductive interconnections onto said at least partially moulded body; and—optionally further moulding said body, wherein the at least partially moulding of said body, the provision of the conductive pattern, and the provision of the one or more conductive interconnections are carried out within said mould. | 11-17-2011 |