US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on March 31 for "Blending elevation data into a seamless heightfield" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,036, issued on March 31, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Blending elevation data into a seamless heightfield" was invented by Duncan Murray Lawler (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for blending geographic data when combining geographic data sources. The methods, devices, and systems identify a blend region for transitioning between a first dataset and a second dataset. The methods, devices, and systems extrapolate geographic data from the second dataset to blend with the geographic data from the first dataset to create ...