Patents by Inventor Brett W. Achorn

Brett W. Achorn 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).

  • Ray-mediated illumination control
    Patent number: 10789757
    Abstract: There is provided a method for ray-mediated illumination control. The method includes identifying a first activation region corresponding to one of an origin and a destination of a ray, where the ray is described by a ray data associated with the ray. The method further includes identifying a second activation region corresponding to the other one of the origin and the destination of the ray, interpreting an illumination rule for the ray based on at least one of the first activation region and the second activation region, and modifying an illumination in one of the first activation region and the second activation region based on the illumination rule and the ray data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Burley, Christian Eisenacher, Sean Jenkins, Gregory Nichols, Andrew Selle, Charles Tappan, Henry A. Driskill, Brett W. Achorn