Patents by Inventor Dan Weston

Dan Weston 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).

  • Method and apparatus for efficient offset curve deformation from skeletal animation
    Patent number: 8400455
    Abstract: A method for use in animation includes establishing an influence primitive, associating the influence primitive with a model having a plurality of model points, and for each of the plurality of model points on the model, determining an offset primitive that passes through the model point. Another method includes deforming the model, and determining a deformed position of each of the plurality of model points by using a separate offset primitive for each model point. A computer readable storage medium stores a computer program adapted to cause a processor based system to execute one or more the above steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Gregory, Dan Weston
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT OFFSET CURVE DEFORMATION FROM SKELETAL ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20090179899
    Abstract: A method for use in animation includes establishing an influence primitive, associating the influence primitive with a model having a plurality of model points, and for each of the plurality of model points on the model, determining an offset primitive that passes through the model point. Another method includes deforming the model, and determining a deformed position of each of the plurality of model points by using a separate offset primitive for each model point. A computer readable storage medium stores a computer program adapted to cause a processor based system to execute one or more the above steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Gregory, Dan Weston