Patents by Inventor Bret PARKER

Bret PARKER 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).

  • Selecting animation manipulators via rollover and dot manipulators
    Patent number: 10580220
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present application includes an approach by which an animation system manipulates an animatable object. The animation system detects that a pointer device has positioned a pointer location at a first location, the first location coinciding with a first portion of geometry of the animatable object. The animation system indicates that a first manipulator associated with the first portion of geometry is tentatively selected. Prior to receiving a selection event from the pointer device, the animation system displays a representation of the first manipulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Deneb Meketa, Jeremie Talbot, Bret Parker, Guilherme S. Jacinto, Bernhard Ulrich Haux
  • SELECTING ANIMATION MANIPULATORS VIA ROLLOVER AND DOT MANIPULATORS
    Publication number: 20160260240
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present application includes an approach by which an animation system manipulates an animatable object. The animation system detects that a pointer device has positioned a pointer location at a first location, the first location coinciding with a first portion of geometry of the animatable object. The animation system indicates that a first manipulator associated with the first portion of geometry is tentatively selected. Prior to receiving a selection event from the pointer device, the animation system displays a representation of the first manipulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Deneb MEKETA, Jeremie TALBOT, Bret PARKER, Guilherme S. JACINTO, Bernhard Ulrich HAUX