Patents by Inventor Mark R. Kimball

Mark R. Kimball 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 for coordinating production of an animated feature using a logistics system
    Patent number: 5764980
    Abstract: A computer animation production system (2) for processing digital image data is disclosed. The computer animation production system (2) contains at least one information processing device (44-76) for enabling at least one user to develop, utilize and enhance digital image data. The information processing device (44-76) is associated with a first (4) and a second (6, 8, 10, 12 and 14) global area network (4). The first global area network (4) is for communicating digital control information to at least one information processing device. The digital control information includes image database information. The second global area network (6, 8, 10, 12 and 14) is for communicating the digital image data to the at least one information processing device (44-76). The digital image data includes pixel characteristic information for image reproduction on the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The Walt Disney Company
    Inventors: Lemuel L. Davis, Mark R. Kimball, Vahe Sarkissian, Dylan W. Kohler
  • Three player chess-like game
    Patent number: 5209488
    Abstract: A chess-like board game apparatus for three player chess is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a game board of such architecture so as to present to each of three players a portion of the overall board, which three portions consist of forty-eight playing positions each, arranged in eight file rows and six rank rows. The head of each of these segments is aligned with the external sides of an equal-sided triangular shaped board segment consisting of twenty-four positions. The game is played by three opponents, each employing a full complement of traditional chess pieces whose movements, although similar to what they would be in the conventional game of chess, are further governed by a set rules specific to the game apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Inventor: Mark R. Kimball
  • Computer image production system utilizing first and second networks for separately transferring control information and digital image data
    Patent number: 5091849
    Abstract: A computer image production system (2) for processing digital image data is disclosed. The computer animation production system (2) contains at least one information processing device (44-76) for enabling at least one user to develop, utilize and enhance digital image data. The information processing device (44-76) is associated with a first (4) and a second (6, 8, 10, 12 and 14) global area network (4). The first global area network (4) is for communicating digital control information to at least one information processing device. The digital control information includes image database information. The second global area network (6, 8, 10, 12 and 14) is for communicating the digital image data to the at least one information processing device (44-76). The digital image data includes pixel characteristic information for image reproduction on the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: The Walt Disney Company
    Inventors: Lemuel L. Davis, Mark R. Kimball, Vahe Sarkissian, Dylan Kohler