Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Yost
Bruce A. Yost has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10055874Abstract: In some embodiments a method of transferring facial expressions from a subject to a computer-generated character is provided where the method includes receiving positional information from a motion capture session of the subject representing a performance having facial expressions to be transferred to the computer-generated character, receiving a first animation model that represents the subject, and receiving a second animation model that represents the computer-generated character. Each of the first and second animation models can include a plurality of adjustable controls that define geometries of the model and that can be adjusted to present different facial expressions on the model, and where the first and second animation models are designed so that setting the same values for the same set of adjustable controls in each model generates a similar facial poses on the models.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Ji Hun Yu, Michael Koperwas, Jeffrey Bruce Yost, Sheila Santos, Kiran S. Bhat
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Publication number: 20170053663Abstract: In some embodiments a method of transferring facial expressions from a subject to a computer-generated character is provided where the method includes receiving positional information from a motion capture session of the subject representing a performance having facial expressions to be transferred to the computer-generated character, receiving a first animation model that represents the subject, and receiving a second animation model that represents the computer-generated character. Each of the first and second animation models can include a plurality of adjustable controls that define geometries of the model and that can be adjusted to present different facial expressions on the model, and where the first and second animation models are designed so that setting the same values for the same set of adjustable controls in each model generates a similar facial poses on the models.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Ji Hun Yu, Michael Koperwas, Jeffrey Bruce Yost, Sheila Santos, Kiran S. Bhat
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Publication number: 20160366839Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable landscape fabric comprising spunlaced cellulosic fibers which comprise 0% to 75% wood pulp fibers and 25% to 100% regenerated cellulosic fibers without fiber binding materials and may further comprise a colorant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Thomas Edward Benim, Bruce A. Yost
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Patent number: 9433154Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable landscape fabric comprising spunlaced cellulosic fibers which comprise 0% to 75% wood pulp fibers and 25% to 100% regenerated cellulosic fibers without fiber binding materials and may further comprise a colorant.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: JACOB HOLM & SONS AGInventors: Thomas Edward Benim, Bruce A Yost
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Patent number: 8610713Abstract: In general, one or more aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can include associating with each clip in a sequence of one or more clips a copy of a three dimensional (3D) scene that was used to create the clip, where the clip is a sequence of one or more images that depict the clip's respective 3D scene from the perspective of one or more virtual cameras. Input identifying a clip in the sequence is received. In response to the receiving, a copy of the identified clip's associated copy of the 3D scene is presented in an editor.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.Inventors: Steve Sullivan, Max S-Han Chen, Jeffery Bruce Yost
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Publication number: 20130180167Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable landscape fabric comprising spunlaced cellulosic fibers which comprise 0% to 75% wood pulp fibers and 25% to 100% regenerated cellulosic fibers without fiber binding materials and may further comprise a colorant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Thomas Edward Benim, Bruce A. Yost
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Patent number: 8253728Abstract: In general, one or more aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can include associating with each clip in a sequence of one or more clips a copy of a three dimensional (3D) scene that was used to create the clip, where the clip is a sequence of one or more images that depict the clip's respective 3D scene from the perspective of one or more virtual cameras. Input identifying a clip in the sequence is received. In response to the receiving, a copy of the identified clip's associated copy of the 3D scene is presented in an editor.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.Inventors: Steve Sullivan, Max S-Han Chen, Jeffrey Bruce Yost
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Patent number: 8039095Abstract: This invention relates to a laminate electrical insulation part for an electrical device comprising a thermoplastic film positioned between, adjacent to, and attached to two nonwoven sheets. Each of the nonwoven sheets consists of multicomponent polymeric fibers comprising at least a first polymer and a second polymer, the first polymer having a melting point that is at least 15 degrees Celsius lower than both the melting point of the second polymer and the melting point of the thermoplastic film, and the film is attached to the nonwoven sheets by the first polymer in the nonwoven sheets. The electrical insulation part has a breakdown voltage of at least 3 kilovolts, and a surface having a dynamic frictional coefficient of 0.25 or less. This invention also relates to an electrical device component comprising the laminate electrical insulation part.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Peter J. Hollberg, Mikhail R. Levit, Brian P. Little, Xun Ma, Brian Keith Trask, Roger Curtis Wicks, Bruce A. Yost
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Patent number: 7998577Abstract: This invention relates to a multicomponent fiber having an exposed outer surface, comprising at least a first component of polyarylene sulfide polymer, and at least a second component of a thermoplastic polymer free of polyarylene sulfide polymer, wherein said thermoplastic polymer forms the entire exposed surface of the multicomponent fiber.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Paul Ellis Rollin, Jr., Xun Ma, Bruce A. Yost
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Publication number: 20090156075Abstract: This invention relates to a multicomponent fiber having an exposed outer surface, comprising at least a first component of polyarylene sulfide polymer, and at least a second component of a thermoplastic polymer free of polyarylene sulfide polymer, wherein said thermoplastic polymer forms the entire exposed surface of the multicomponent fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Paul Ellis Rollin, JR., Xun Ma, Bruce A. Yost
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Patent number: 5026748Abstract: Adhesive resins are filled with carbon fibers that have a three-dimensional structure. The fibers have variable lengths and widths. The fiber filled adhesive exhibits high thermal conductivity values. Electronic systems having components bonded by a layer of these adhesives resins have high through-the-thickness thermal conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1990Date of Patent: June 25, 1991Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Jerome T. Adams, Bruce A. Yost