Patents by Inventor Brent D. Burley

Brent D. Burley 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for multiple texture map storage and filtering including irregular texture maps
    Patent number: 9013499
    Abstract: A method for a computer system including receiving a file comprising textures including a first and a second texture map, which can be regular or irregular texture maps, and metadata, wherein the metadata includes identifiers associated with texture maps and includes adjacency data, associating the first texture map with a first face of an object in response to an identifier associated with the first texture map, associating the second texture map with a second face of the object in response to an identifier associated with the second texture map, determining an edge of the first texture map is adjacent to an edge of the second texture map in response to the adjacency data, and performing a rendering operation with respect to the first and second faces of the object to determine rendering data in response to the first and second texture maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent D. Burley, Christian Eisenacher
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE TEXTURE MAP STORAGE AND FILTERING INCLUDING IRREGULAR TEXTURE MAPS
    Publication number: 20130016112
    Abstract: A method for a computer system including receiving a file comprising textures including a first and a second texture map, which can be regular or irregular texture maps, and metadata, wherein the metadata includes identifiers associated with texture maps and includes adjacency data, associating the first texture map with a first face of an object in response to an identifier associated with the first texture map, associating the second texture map with a second face of the object in response to an identifier associated with the second texture map, determining an edge of the first texture map is adjacent to an edge of the second texture map in response to the adjacency data, and performing a rendering operation with respect to the first and second faces of the object to determine rendering data in response to the first and second texture maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent D. Burley, Christian Eisenacher
  • Methods and apparatus for multiple texture map storage and filtering
    Patent number: 8294726
    Abstract: A method for a computer system including receiving a file comprising textures including a first and a second texture, and metadata, wherein the first texture need not have a predetermined geometric relationship to the second texture, wherein the metadata includes identifiers associated with textures and includes adjacency data, associating the first texture with a first location on an object in response to an identifier associated with the first texture, associating the second texture with a second location on the object in response to an identifier associated with the second texture, determining an edge of the first texture is adjacent to an edge of the second texture in response to the adjacency data, and performing a rendering operation with respect to the first and the second surface on the object to determine rendering data in response to the first texture and to the second texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent D. Burley, J. Dylan Lacewell
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE TEXTURE MAP STORAGE AND FILTERING
    Publication number: 20120086720
    Abstract: A method for a computer system including receiving a file comprising textures including a first and a second texture, and metadata, wherein the first texture need not have a predetermined geometric relationship to the second texture, wherein the metadata includes identifiers associated with textures and includes adjacency data, associating the first texture with a first location on an object in response to an identifier associated with the first texture, associating the second texture with a second location on the object in response to an identifier associated with the second texture, determining an edge of the first texture is adjacent to an edge of the second texture in response to the adjacency data, and performing a rendering operation with respect to the first and the second surface on the object to determine rendering data in response to the first texture and to the second texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent D. Burley, J. Dylan Lacewell
  • Methods and apparatus for multiple texture map storage and filtering
    Patent number: 8098258
    Abstract: A method for a computer system including receiving a file comprising textures including a first and a second texture, and metadata, wherein the first texture need not have a predetermined geometric relationship to the second texture, wherein the metadata includes identifiers associated with textures and includes adjacency data, associating the first texture with a first location on an object in response to an identifier associated with the first texture, associating the second texture with a second location on the object in response to an identifier associated with the second texture, determining an edge of the first texture is adjacent to an edge of the second texture in response to the adjacency data, and performing a rendering operation with respect to the first and the second surface on the object to determine rendering data in response to the first texture and to the second texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent D. Burley, J. Dylan Lacewell
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE TEXTURE MAP STORAGE AND FILTERING
    Publication number: 20090021522
    Abstract: A method for a computer system including receiving a file comprising textures including a first and a second texture, and metadata, wherein the first texture need not have a predetermined geometric relationship to the second texture, wherein the metadata includes identifiers associated with textures and includes adjacency data, associating the first texture with a first location on an object in response to an identifier associated with the first texture, associating the second texture with a second location on the object in response to an identifier associated with the second texture, determining an edge of the first texture is adjacent to an edge of the second texture in response to the adjacency data, and performing a rendering operation with respect to the first and the second surface on the object to determine rendering data in response to the first texture and to the second texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent D. Burley, J. Dylan Lacewell