Patents by Inventor Richard Joseph Carey

Richard Joseph Carey 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).

  • Interactive authoring of 3D scenes and movies
    Patent number: 5977978
    Abstract: Three-dimensional scenes or movies are generated by a user of a computer system by interactively selecting a stage from among several available 3D stages, each of which has at least one predetermined feature such as a pedestal, lighting characteristics, a camera path or the like. The user may import predefined 3D objects into the selected stage and move and resize the objects as desired to compose a scene. Once composed, the scene is rendered to generate an image or a series of successive scenes is rendered to generate an animated movie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Platinum technology IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Carey, David Stanley Immel, Paul S. Strauss, Robert David Story