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).

  • Patent number: 10055874
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hun Yu, Michael Koperwas, Jeffrey Bruce Yost, Sheila Santos, Kiran S. Bhat
  • Publication number: 20170053663
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ji Hun Yu, Michael Koperwas, Jeffrey Bruce Yost, Sheila Santos, Kiran S. Bhat
  • Publication number: 20160366839
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Benim, Bruce A. Yost
  • Patent number: 9433154
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: JACOB HOLM & SONS AG
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Benim, Bruce A Yost
  • Patent number: 8610713
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Steve Sullivan, Max S-Han Chen, Jeffery Bruce Yost
  • Publication number: 20130180167
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Benim, Bruce A. Yost
  • Patent number: 8253728
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Steve Sullivan, Max S-Han Chen, Jeffrey Bruce Yost
  • Patent number: 8039095
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Hollberg, Mikhail R. Levit, Brian P. Little, Xun Ma, Brian Keith Trask, Roger Curtis Wicks, Bruce A. Yost
  • Patent number: 7998577
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Paul Ellis Rollin, Jr., Xun Ma, Bruce A. Yost
  • Publication number: 20090156075
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Ellis Rollin, JR., Xun Ma, Bruce A. Yost
  • Patent number: 5026748
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jerome T. Adams, Bruce A. Yost