Patents by Inventor Benoit GAGNON

Benoit GAGNON 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).

  • Publication number: 20250153043
    Abstract: System and method including a database (DB) engine configured to access a DB, the DB engine and the DB configured based on a data locality configuration of a plurality of data locality configurations, the data locality configuration being associated with a first server. The DB engine is configured to process access requests and be inactive outside of processing the access requests. The system includes a data interface configured to receive access requests associated with the DB and retrieve results of the access requests. The system includes a software module configured to download a first DB version from remote storage to local storage, and enable uploading a local second DB version to the remote storage. Uploading the second DB version to remote storage can comprise comparing a generation ID for a downloaded DB version with a most recent generation ID of a most recent DB version stored at the remote storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Benoit Gagnon, David Vogel, Michael Canfield, Starly Solon, Ming Zhu
  • Patent number: 9811936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering three-dimensional images using a level graph are provided. The level graph is accessed, comprising a first node, a second node, and a target node. The second and target nodes are descendants of the first node. The first node comprises first scene description data, the second node comprises first variation data, and the target node comprises second variation data. The target node is selected for computation. Target node ancestors are determined. The first node and the second node are ancestors of the target node. A linearization of the ancestors is determined, comprising an order. A scene description is initialized using the first scene description data. The first variation is applied to the scene description, based on the linearization. The second variation is applied to the scene description to produce a final scene description. An image is rendered using the final scene description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: DREAMWORKS ANIMATION L.L.C.
    Inventors: Peter McNerney, Evan P. Smyth, Robert Giles Wilson, Greg Heflin, Jeff Beall, Jonathan Gibbs, Mike Hamler, Benoit Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20140267237
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering three-dimensional images using a level graph are provided. The level graph is accessed, comprising a first node, a second node, and a target node. The second and target nodes are descendants of the first node. The first node comprises first scene description data, the second node comprises first variation data, and the target node comprises second variation data. The target node is selected for computation. Target node ancestors are determined. The first node and the second node are ancestors of the target node. A linearization of the ancestors is determined, comprising an order. A scene description is initialized using the first scene description data. The first variation is applied to the scene description, based on the linearization. The second variation is applied to the scene description to produce a final scene description. An image is rendered using the final scene description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC
    Inventors: Peter MCNERNEY, Evan P. SMYTH, Robert Giles WILSON, Greg HEFLIN, Jeff BEALL, Jonathan GIBBS, Mike HAMLER, Benoit GAGNON