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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187003 | Method and apparatus for rapid surveying of static structures An apparatus to facilitate field assessment of static structure sites to provide data in a predetermined format acceptable to a taxing authority, including a personal computing device having a graphic display screen, a user interface, and application software. The u... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8113840 | Method and apparatus for an architectural design aid system A simplified and user-friendly reusable modular building block system, for use by the professional architect or home design enthusiast, allowing for the creation of custom architectural scale models of building designs similar in appearance and function to professio... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7914285 | Portable apparatus for visualizing and practicing wall finishes A portable apparatus for visualizing or practicing a paint color, finish, technique, or texture includes a substrate having a primed first surface and a second surface having means for securing the substrate to a mounting surface, such as a wall. A method for visual... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7815435 | Home decorating system A method and system for decorating includes product categories such as rugs, pillows, lamps, paints, window treatments, wall coverings such as wall papers and trims, artificial flowers, fabric furniture covers and other decorative items. Multiple motif collections a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7686615 | Miniature house with multi-purpose drawer A miniature house no larger than 4 inches in any dimension having a drawer that is extensible from one wall close to the base of the wall. The drawer serves a number of purposes according to the scope of the invention. In one embodiment, a porous pad is positioned i... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7661958 | Methods and apparatus for interior design component selection Apparatus and methods are provided for interior design component selection. An apparatus for presenting a plurality of design components to a user has a first plurality of first design component samples and a second plurality of second design component samples. A bi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7389575 | Method of manufacturing permanently magnetized elements There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a plurality of removable permanently magnetized elements from a substrate comprising ferrite material. The method prints symbol images on the substrate with an offset, automatic sheet-fed press, and die cuts the symbol im... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7359840 | Remote order acceptance design system and elevator remote order acceptance method A specification plan of an order-made product suitable for a building structure plan is generated promptly. A WWW server 11 and a database server 12 are provided to the equipment designer's side. The database server 12 has a drawing database ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7318299 | Accelerated log building method, log building kits, and methods of producing log building kits Kits for building log structures, and methods for producing such kits. A kit for building a structure having a plurality of log walls each including multiple layers. The kit comprises a combination of logs which when assembled form the structure. Logs of multiple la... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7277830 | Capturing a user's design intent with resolvable objects Software for designing interior and/or exterior spaces efficiently ensures that user intent is captured in a timely, practical manner. When a user creates an input, such as selecting a shape of a table to put into a design space, the design software creates an initi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249005 | Design software incorporating efficient 3-D rendering Design software in accordance with an implementation of the present invention is configured to provide believable three-dimensional representations of user selections in real-time. Design elements that would otherwise be difficult to efficiently render three-dimensi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204759 | Method and apparatus for optimum arrangement of selection objects An arrangement of selection objects includes an area model memory (1) for storing a configuration model of an area, an object model memory (3) for storing configuration models of respective selection objects, an image frame outputter (5) for per... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7156663 | Home exterior selection kit A home exterior selection kit includes a tower body having lateral sides, each having at least first and second areas configured to detachably engage a panel representing an exterior material. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7139685 | Video-supported planning of equipment installation and/or room design Disclosed is a room planning and design system, comprising a virtual room space comprising a virtual representation of a physical room space, an object library of virtual objects, said virtual objects comprising virtual representations of equipment, machines and obj... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7108513 | Method and system for displaying furniture A system and method for displaying furniture in a showroom environment. A plurality of furniture pieces are displayed in a room setting having a plurality of walls to create the impression of a partially enclosed space. Adjacent room settings can have a transparent ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7092899 | Method and system for generating a brick model An exemplary embodiment is a method for generating a brick model. The method includes receiving an electronic representation of an item to be represented by the brick model. The electronic representation is processed to generate building instructions for building th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085697 | Method and system for designing or deploying a communications network which considers component attributes A computerized model provides a display of a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be installed. The communications network is comprised of several components, each of which are selected by the design engineer and which are represented in... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082387 | System and method for simultaneous construction of physical and CAD models A system and method for simultaneous construction of a corresponding CAD model and physical model, wherein the CAD model comprises a plurality of CAD representations each corresponding to a physical component part that is used to construct the physical model. During... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069193 | Color visualization system A method for producing a color recommendation for a structure or part of a structure to be painted which comprises selecting from a database containing images of structural archetypes stored on storage means of an archetype image that closely matches the structure t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062722 | Network-linked interactive three-dimensional composition and display of saleable objects in situ in viewer-selected scenes for purposes of promotion and procurement A design professional such as an interior designer running a browser program at a client computer (i) optionally causes a digital image of a room, or a room model, or room images to be transmitted across the world wide web to a graphics server computer, and (ii) int... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056120 | Method of countertop display and designation A method of facilitating visualization and specification of a countertop profile comprises the steps of: i) providing a model of a countertop having a central portion having front and rear edge portions, multiple front portions any one of which may be moved adjacent... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054794 | Color visualisation system A method for producing a color recommendation for at least a part of a structure to be painted which comprises the steps of: selecting, at a user terminal and from a first database on a remote server containing at least one image of structural archetypes stored in e... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051679 | Heat efficient animal shelter A pet shelter that is substantially smaller than a single family human residential structure includes an accessway, a platform that is located at a first level above the accessway, and a device configured to assist a pet in moving between the accessway and the platf... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7030737 | Apparatus, system, and method for indicating a level of network activity A controller generates a signal to control network activity-indicator devices based upon activity-level information provided by the central processing unit of a network component. This shifts the significant burden of controlling the indicator device from the centra... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021938 | Educational kit for teaching construction framing An instructional kit suited for teaching the necessary materials, methods and techniques for conventional stick built wood structures is provided. In accordance with the present invention, a kit for stick framing a true representation of a scale house model includes... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6974324 | Adaptable device for delimiting and organizing spaces and volumes An evolutionary and reusable device for delimiting and organising spaces and volumes, adaptable to the dimensions of an existing architectural space, is capable of being modified without accessories, easily and rapidly decorated by the user by means of decorative ob... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965848 | Ducting system designer A method and means for automating the design of a ducting system for a fluid is proposed. Boundary data identifying boundary conditions of the ducting system, which boundary data comprises positional information in a three dimensional installation space and magnitud... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945007 | Method of patterning, installing, renewing and/or recycling carpet tiles Renewing, washing, and/or recycling of used carpet tiles is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, carpet tiles are purchased or leased and installed with adjacent tiles being of a different pattern, design, color, shade, and/or the like so that no two identic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6930784 | Apparatus and method for showing contour lines in modeling An apparatus for depicting contour lines on the surfaces of a model, the apparatus comprising a bed for supporting the model, and at least one laser for projecting a plane of light at a predetermine height from the bed. A method of depicting contour lines on surface... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928454 | Method and system for color matching decorative products A method of identifying decorative products based on matching with paint colors. The method includes the use of a relational database having data on various decorative product types which are cross-referenced to each other via color values. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925196 | Method and system for product selection A method and system for guiding consumers through a sophisticated evaluation process for selecting a product that satisfies desired aesthetic and physical objectives. An embodiment of the method and system enables a consumer from his/her home to select a fabric by s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912489 | Simulation device for simulating images of at least one building A simulation device for simulating images of at least one building includes a display (62) for displaying the images; an input (63, 64) for a user to input data; a memory (65) including a first memory field containing a layout (40) of the... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6866203 | Method and apparatus for sizing an environmental control system A method is provided for sizing an environmental control system for controlling a temperature of a target. The method comprises the steps of: identifying the target that is to be temperature controlled by the environmental control system; selecting a desired tempera... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6840773 | Decorative magnetic sheet and method for decorating an appliance This invention relates to a system and method for changing the appearance of an appliance. The system and method provide a magnetic sheet having a decorative pattern on one side thereof with a magnetic area or surface on an opposite side thereof. When the magnetic s... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6572377 | Computerized interior design expert system This invention is a computerized expert system for providing interior design by allowing a homeowner to enter interior design requirements and selecting interior design treatments according to the homeowner's design requirements so that a grouping of comp... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6530136 | Method for transporting and installing a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus An apparatus substitute is carried and installed in a clean room prior to installation of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The apparatus substitute is composed of separate assembling boxes and is provided with tentative utility connection parts ha... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6524107 | Apparatus and method for displaying room wall and floor covering arrangements for selection by a purchaser A device for displaying room wall and floor covering arrangements for selection by a purchaser includes a frame assembly having display panel support members for supporting at least one display panel in a display condition, the frame assembly being config... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6506056 | Event planner with visual seating chart organizer A room floor plan and visual seating chart organizer. Room floor planning involves arranging type, size and position of room fixtures, such as table, stages, podiums, lighting, dance floors, music/disc jockey area, doors, emergency exits, room walls, and ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6283759 | System for demonstrating compliance with standards Compliance with a standard is demonstrated by displaying a floor plan on a first computer. The displayed floor plan includes designated areas. Each designated area includes a corresponding communication link, and the designated areas are regulated by the ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6283818 | Toy building set A toy building set comprising walls (1, 2) having at least one door opening (12, 13) which extends from the lower edge (15, 16) of the walls (1, 2,) and upwards in the position of use of the walls (1, 2) at a height and with a width corresponding to a doo... | 09/04/2001 |
