Patents by Inventor Andy Selle

Andy Selle 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).

  • Programmable system for artistic volumetric lighting
    Patent number: 9396580
    Abstract: A method for creating artistic effects for volumetric illumination in a scene is provided. Data representing a scene is received. User input is received, which specifies a target appearance of the scene, including illumination effects that are at least in part non-physically-based. Photon beams representing volumetric illumination in the scene are generated; this step may incorporate user input-based modifications of the photon beams. Shading associated with the photon beams is computed; this step may also incorporate user input-based modifications. Any modifications in the generating or computing steps are derived from the specified target appearance of the scene. Finally, the photon beams are rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Nowrouzezahrai, Wojciech Jarosz, Jared Johnson, Jesse Dylan Lacewell, Andy Selle, Michael Kaschalk