Patents Assigned to Industrial Light & Magic
  • Patent number: 7573475
    Abstract: A method of creating a complementary stereoscopic image pair is described. The method includes receiving a first 2D image comprising image data, where the first 2D image is captured from a first camera location. The method also includes projecting at least a portion of the first 2D image onto computer-generated geometry. The image data has depth values associated with the computer-generated geometry. The system includes rendering, using the computer-generated geometry and a second camera location that differs from the first camera location, a second 2-D image that is stereoscopically complementary to the first 2-D image, and infilling image data that is absent from the second 2-D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Light & Magic
    Inventors: Steve Sullivan, Alan D. Trombla, Francesco G. Callari
  • Patent number: 7573489
    Abstract: A method for associating a portion of a stereoscopic image with a perceived depth is described. The method includes determining offset values that each indicate a displacement between image data in a first image of a stereoscopic pair and corresponding image data in a second image of the stereoscopic pair. The displacement affects a perceived depth of a point represented by the image data and the corresponding image data. The method also includes identifying image data in the second image that is not associated with a valid offset value, generating a supplementary offset value using valid offset values associated with image data substantially near the image data in the second image, and associating the image data in the second image with the supplementary offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Light & Magic
    Inventors: Colin Davidson, Francesco G. Callari, Alan D. Trombla, Max S-Han Chen
  • Publication number: 20080094358
    Abstract: A method is described that includes receiving, from a first device, input used to select a first object in a computer-generated environment. The first device has at least two degrees of freedom with which to control the selection of the first object. The method also includes removing, in response to the selection of the first object, at least two degrees of freedom previously available to a second device used to manipulating a second object in the computer-generated environment. The removed degrees of freedom correspond to the at least two degrees of freedom of the first device and specify an orientation of the second object relative to the selected first object. Additionally, the method includes receiving, from the second device, input including movements within the reduced degrees of freedom used to manipulate a position of the second object while maintaining the specified orientation relative to the selected first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Industrial Light & Magic
    Inventor: Steve Sullivan