John W Stetzer

US Patent:

20080055330, Mar 6, 2008

Filed:

Oct 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/249899

Inventors:

Ian A. Nies - San Francisco CA, US
Michael J. Russo - Berkeley CA, US
Michaelson Britt - Montreal, CA
Daniel Levesque - Montreal, CA
Kelcey Simpson - Austin TX, US
John W. Stetzer - San Rafael CA, US
Lawrence Alan Minton - Orient OH, US
Rodolfo J. Cazabon - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345582

Abstract:

A method for projecting a data set from a first object to a second object includes the steps of defining one or more sub-objects, wherein each sub-object represents a portion of the second object, associating the first object with a first sub-object, expanding a projection cage to substantially encompass both the first sub-object and the first object, and transferring the data set from the first object to the first sub-object using the projection cage. The disclosed method advantageously allows the first sub-object to be defined in a way that avoids undesirable cage intersections, thereby enabling the data set from the first object to be transferred without tedious manual manipulations of the projection cage.