Patents by Inventor Hilmar Koch

Hilmar Koch 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: 10321117
    Abstract: A method of generating unrecorded camera views may include receiving a plurality of 2-D video sequences of a subject in a real 3-D space, where each 2-D video sequence may depict the subject from a different perspective. The method may also include generating a 3-D representation of the subject in a virtual 3-D space, where a geometry and texture of the 3-D representation may be generated based on the 2D video sequences, and the motion of the 3-D representation in the virtual 3-D space is based on motion of the subject in the real 3-D space. The method may additionally include generating a 2-D video sequence of the motion of the 3D representation using a virtual camera in the virtual 3-D space where the perspective of the virtual camera may be different than the perspectives of the plurality of 2-D video sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Hilmar Koch, Ronald Mallet, Kim Libreri, Paige Warner, Mike Sanders, John Gaeta
  • Publication number: 20150294492
    Abstract: A method of generating unrecorded camera views may include receiving a plurality of 2-D video sequences of a subject in a real 3-D space, where each 2-D video sequence may depict the subject from a different perspective. The method may also include generating a 3-D representation of the subject in a virtual 3-D space, where a geometry and texture of the 3-D representation may be generated based on the 2D video sequences, and the motion of the 3-D representation in the virtual 3-D space is based on motion of the subject in the real 3-D space. The method may additionally include generating a 2-D video sequence of the motion of the 3D representation using a virtual camera in the virtual 3-D space where the perspective of the virtual camera may be different than the perspectives of the plurality of 2-D video sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Lucasfilm Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hilmar Koch, Ronald Mallet, Kim Libreri, Paige Warner, Mike Sanders, John Gaeta
  • Patent number: 8793599
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes defining a first portion of a display as a workspace for presenting graphical elements that represent processing operations that define properties of an object. The method also includes defining a second portion of the display, different from the first portion, for presenting a graphical stack that uses the properties from the processing operations to define layers associated with the object. The method also includes simultaneously presenting the first and the second portion on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Dave Lajoie, Hilmar Koch, Kent Oberheu