Patents by Inventor Ari Y. Shapiro

Ari Y. Shapiro 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).

  • Rapid avatar capture and simulation using commodity depth sensors
    Patent number: 11195318
    Abstract: A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium may contain a program of instructions that cause a computer system running the program of instructions to automatically generate a 3D avatar of a living being, including automatically: causing one or more sensors to generate 3D data indicative of the three dimensional shape and appearance of at least a portion of the living being; and generating a virtual character based on the 3D data that can be animated and controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Evan Suma, Gerard Medioni, Mark Bolas, Ari Y. Shapiro, Wei-Wen Feng, Ruizhe Wang
  • RAPID AVATAR CAPTURE AND SIMULATION USING COMMODITY DEPTH SENSORS
    Publication number: 20150356767
    Abstract: A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium may contain a program of instructions that cause a computer system running the program of instructions to automatically generate a 3D avatar of a living being, including automatically: causing one or more sensors to generate 3D data indicative of the three dimensional shape and appearance of at least a portion of the living being; and generating a virtual character based on the 3D data that can be animated and controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Evan Suma, Gerard Medioni, Mark Bolas, Ari Y. Shapiro, Wei-Wen Feng, Ruizhe Wang