Patents by Inventor Christopher Bregler

Christopher Bregler 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).

  • Method, apparatus and computer program for capturing motion of a cartoon and retargetting the motion to another object
    Patent number: 6888549
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program for capturing the motion of a first moving object in a cartoon and retargeting this motion onto the motion of a second moving object. In the invention a digitized video of a cartoon having the first moving object is input and a user is permitted to select from the digitized video a plurality of key shapes of the first moving object as the first moving moves in the digitized video. The motion of the first moving object is captured as motion parameter data by performing a transform of the motion of the first moving object according to each of the key shapes. Thereafter, the motion of the first moving object is retargeted to the second moving object by mapping the motion parameter data onto the second moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Stanford University
    Inventors: Christopher Bregler, Lorie Loeb
  • Method, apparatus and computer program for capturing motion of a cartoon and retargetting the motion to another object
    Publication number: 20030164829
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program for capturing the motion of a first moving object in a cartoon and retargeting this motion onto the motion of a second moving object. In the invention a digitized video of a cartoon having the first moving object is input and a user is permitted to select from the digitized video a plurality of key shapes of the first moving object as the first moving moves in the digitized video. The motion of the first moving object is captured as motion parameter data by performing a transform of the motion of the first moving object according to each of the key shapes. Thereafter, the motion of the first moving object is retargeted to the second moving object by mapping the motion parameter data onto the second moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher Bregler, Lorie Loeb