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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth A Williams, Bass Lake, CA (US);
David C Iden, Oakhurst, CA (US);
Larry L Scott, Oakhurst, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sierra On-Line, Inc., Oakhurst, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395152 ;
Abstract
A method and system for controlling the movement of an object between points on a display along natural or 'intelligent' paths around obstacles includes establishing a locus of data points around each obstacle along which displayed movement of the object may proceed under conditions of the direct trajectory between points intersecting the locus of data points. 'Freeway' paths are provided between remote sectors of the display to expedite 'natural' movements over substantial distances around obstacles in a second embodiment.