Patents Assigned to Thinking Lens, LLC
  • Method, system and software program for shooting and editing a film comprising at least one image of a 3D computer-generated animation
    Patent number: 9367942
    Abstract: Method for shooting and editing a film comprising at least one image of a 3D computer-generated animation created by a cinematographic software according to mathematical model of elements that are part of the animation and according to a definition of situations and actions occurring for said elements as a function of time, said method being characterized by comprising the following: computing of alternative suggested viewpoints by the cinematographic software for an image of the 3D computer-generated animation corresponding to a particular time point according to said definition; and instructing for displaying on a display interface, all together, images corresponding to said computed alternative suggested viewpoints of the 3D computer-generated animation at that particular time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: INRIA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI UDINE, THINKING LENS, LLC, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: William Bares, Christophe Lina, Marc Christie, Roberto Ranon
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR SHOOTING AND EDITING A FILM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE OF A 3D COMPUTER-GENERATED ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20130135315
    Abstract: Method for shooting and editing a film comprising at least one image of a 3D computer-generated animation created by a cinematographic software according to mathematical model of elements that are part of the animation and according to a definition of situations and actions occurring for said elements as a function of time, said method being characterized by comprising the following: computing of alternative suggested viewpoints by the cinematographic software for an image of the 3D computer-generated animation corresponding to a particular time point according to said definition; and instructing for displaying on a display interface, all together, images corresponding to said computed alternative suggested viewpoints of the 3D computer-generated animation at that particular time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicants: INRIA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE {C.N.R.S}, Thinking Lens, LLC, Universita' degli Studi di Udine
    Inventors: Inria Institut National de Recherche en Informatiq, Universite de Nantes, Universita' degli Studi di Udine, Thinking Lens, LLC, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique {C.N