Patents by Inventor Kevin MOULE

Kevin MOULE 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).

  • Publication number: 20230325966
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Patent number: 11727531
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Publication number: 20230087910
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Patent number: 10574956
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic alignment and projection mapping are provided. A projector and at least two cameras are mounted with fields of view that overlap a projection area on a three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Moule, Derek Scott, Nick Wasilka, Ian James Fraser, James Robinson
  • Patent number: 10403028
    Abstract: A system and method for geometric warping correction in projection mapping is provided. A lower resolution mesh is applied to A mesh model, at least in a region of the mesh model misaligned with a corresponding region of a real-world object. One or more points of the lower resolution mesh are moved. In response, one or more corresponding points of the mesh model are moved to increase alignment between the region of the mesh model and the corresponding region of the real-world object. An updated mesh model is stored in a memory. And one or more projectors are controlled to projection map images corresponding to the updated mesh model onto the real-world object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Roy Anthony, Kevin Moule, Derek Scott, Nick Wasilka, Maxwell Elendt
  • Patent number: 10298893
    Abstract: A system and method for digital black level blending is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Moule, Nick Wasilka, Peter Anthony Van Eerd, Andrew Douglas Dennison, Ryan Thomas Morris, Daniel Thomson Urquhart
  • Publication number: 20180342097
    Abstract: A system and method for geometric warping correction in projection mapping is provided. A lower resolution mesh is applied to A mesh model, at least in a region of the mesh model misaligned with a corresponding region of a real-world object. One or more points of the lower resolution mesh are moved. In response, one or more corresponding points of the mesh model are moved to increase alignment between the region of the mesh model and the corresponding region of the real-world object. An updated mesh model is stored in a memory. And one or more projectors are controlled to projection map images corresponding to the updated mesh model onto the real-world object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Roy ANTHONY, Kevin MOULE, Derek SCOTT, Nick WASILKA, Maxwell ELENDT
  • Publication number: 20180338123
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic alignment and projection mapping are provided. A projector and at least two cameras are mounted with fields of view that overlap a projection area on a three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin MOULE, Derek SCOTT, Nicholai WASILKA, Ian James FRASER, James ROBINSON
  • Patent number: 10115226
    Abstract: A system and method for geometric warping correction in projection mapping is provided. A lower resolution mesh is applied to A mesh model, at least in a region of the mesh model misaligned with a corresponding region of a real-world object. One or more points of the lower resolution mesh are moved. In response, one or more corresponding points of the mesh model are moved to increase alignment between the region of the mesh model and the corresponding region of the real-world object. An updated mesh model is stored in a memory. And one or more projectors are controlled to projection map images corresponding to the updated mesh model onto the real-world object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Roy Anthony, Kevin Moule, Derek Scott, Nick Wasilka, Maxwell Elendt
  • Patent number: 10089778
    Abstract: A projector and at least two cameras are mounted with fields of view that overlap a projection area on a three-dimensional environment. A computing device: controls the projector to project structured light patterns that uniquely illuminate portions of the environment; acquires images of the patterns from the cameras; generates a two-dimensional mapping of the portions between projector and camera space and by processing the images and correlated patterns; generates a cloud of points representing the environment using the mapping and camera positions; determines a projector location, orientation and lens characteristics from the cloud; positions a virtual camera relative to a virtual three-dimensional environment, corresponding to the environment, parameters of the virtual camera respectively matching parameters of the projector; and, controls the projector to project based on a virtual location, orientation and characteristics of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Moule, Derek Scott, Nick Wasilka, Ian James Fraser, James Robinson
  • Patent number: 9992464
    Abstract: A method, system, and a computer readable medium for screen correction is provided. The system includes a memory storage unit for storing model content, a screen having screen parameters, an input device for receiving the screen parameters, a correction engine, and a projector. The method involves storing model content on a memory storage unit, receiving screen parameters, generating screen content, and projection at least a portion of the screen content onto the screen. The computer readable medium encoded with codes for directing a processor to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Ian Chadwyck Faragher, Derek Scott, Peter Anthony Van Eerd, Nicholas David Jankovic, Kevin Moule
  • Publication number: 20180139422
    Abstract: A system and method for digital black level blending is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin MOULE, Nick WASILKA, Peter Anthony VAN EERD, Andrew Douglas DENNISON, Ryan Thomas MORRIS, Daniel Thomson URQUHART
  • Publication number: 20180139424
    Abstract: A method, system, and a computer readable medium for screen correction is provided. The system includes a memory storage unit for storing model content, a screen having screen parameters, an input device for receiving the screen parameters, a correction engine, and a projector. The method involves storing model content on a memory storage unit, receiving screen parameters, generating screen content, and projection at least a portion of the screen content onto the screen. The computer readable medium encoded with codes for directing a processor to carry out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson URQUHART, Ian Chadwyck FARAGHER, Derek SCOTT, Peter Anthony VAN EERD, Nicholas David JANKOVIC, Kevin MOULE
  • Publication number: 20180139423
    Abstract: A system and method for digital black level blending is provided. The system comprises: projectors located to project respective images, onto a screen, that overlap in one or more overlap regions; at least one camera; and a computing device configured to, for each given projector: determine, using the at least one camera, respective correspondences between projected points of a given image, projected onto the screen by the given projector, and respective points of respective image modulators of other projectors of the projectors, the respective correspondences representing the respective points of the respective image modulators of the other projectors that correspond to overlap regions; determine respective brightness of the overlap regions; and, control pixels of an image modulator of the projector, and each of the respective image modulators, at least adjacent edge pixels corresponding to edges of overlap regions, to increase brightness in corresponding image regions using the respective brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin MOULE, Nick WASILKA, Peter Anthony VAN EERD, Andrew Douglas DENNISON, Ryan Thomas MORRIS, Daniel Thomson URQUHART
  • Publication number: 20180025530
    Abstract: A system and method for geometric warping correction in projection mapping is provided. A lower resolution mesh is applied to A mesh model, at least in a region of the mesh model misaligned with a corresponding region of a real-world object. One or more points of the lower resolution mesh are moved. In response, one or more corresponding points of the mesh model are moved to increase alignment between the region of the mesh model and the corresponding region of the real-world object. An updated mesh model is stored in a memory. And one or more projectors are controlled to projection map images corresponding to the updated mesh model onto the real-world object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Roy ANTHONY, Kevin MOULE, Derek SCOTT, Nick WASILKA, Maxwell ELENDT
  • Patent number: 9807359
    Abstract: A system and method for advanced lens geometry fitting is provided for projecting images using a projector with a non-planar lens. An initial estimate of intrinsic parameters of the projector can be determined, for example from a list; an initial estimate of extrinsic parameters of the projector can be determined based on the initial estimate of intrinsic parameters. The intrinsic parameters and extrinsic parameters can be optimized together by starting with a simple lens model and iteratively adding nonlinear terms, an error function evaluated at each iteration, for example for each set of intrinsic parameters in the list and the corresponding extrinsic parameters. As the values of the error function converges the optimized intrinsic parameters and the optimized extrinsic parameters can be used to generate images that are projected by the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Moule, Eliezer Azi Ben-Lavi, Derek Scott, Daniel Thomson Urquhart
  • Publication number: 20170039756
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic alignment and projection mapping are provided. A projector and at least two cameras are mounted with fields of view that overlap a projection area on a three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin MOULE, Derek SCOTT, Nick WASILKA, Ian James FRASER, James ROBINSON
  • Patent number: 8922486
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for determining locations in a projected image are provided. The apparatus comprises a light sensor; a body comprising the light sensor, the body enabled to position the light sensor proximal to a screen to detect light from a projector; a communication interface for communicating with a projector system comprising at least the projector; and, a processor enabled to transmit a request to the projector system to project a structured light pattern using the projector; and when at least one pixel in the structured light pattern projected by the projector is detected at the light sensor, transmit a detection indication to the projector system to communicate detection of the at least one pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Harland, Kevin Wright, Kevin Moule
  • Publication number: 20140028553
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for determining locations in a projected image are provided. The apparatus comprises a light sensor; a body comprising the light sensor, the body enabled to position the light sensor proximal to a screen to detect light from a projector; a communication interface for communicating with a projector system comprising at least the projector; and, a processor enabled to transmit a request to the projector system to project a structured light pattern using the projector; and when at least one pixel in the structured light pattern projected by the projector is detected at the light sensor, transmit a detection indication to the projector system to communicate detection of the at least one pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Charles HARLAND, Kevin WRIGHT, Kevin MOULE