James Kenneth Bowman

US Patent:

20090025238, Jan 29, 2009

Filed:

Jul 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/828438

Inventors:

James L. Bowman - Prudenville MI, US

International Classification:

B43L 13/00
B43L 7/12

US Classification:

33472, 33424

Abstract:

A tool () for use in the construction of a stairway includes a height adjustment section () for measuring the height above a stair tread and a second measurement section () pivotably attached to the height adjustment section () for measuring an angle (α, β) between the tool body () and the straight edge () on the second measurement section (). The tool body () includes vertical clamp brace () and horizontal clamp brace () for attaching the tool body () to a stair tread.

US Patent:

20110109638, May 12, 2011

Filed:

Oct 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/897622

Inventors:

Thomas Roell - Denver CO, US
James C. Bowman - Pescadero CA, US

International Classification:

G06T 1/00

US Classification:

345522

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for reducing overhead associated with transmitting primitive draw commands from memory to a graphics processing unit (GPU). Command pairs comprising an end draw command and a begin draw command associated with a conventional graphics application programming interface (API) are selectively replaced with a new construct. The new construct is a reset topology index, which implements a combined function of the end draw command and begin draw command. The new construct improves efficiency by reducing total data transmitted from memory to the GPU.