Patents by Inventor Daniel Babcock

Daniel Babcock 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).

  • Automatically determining correspondences between three-dimensional models
    Patent number: 9911220
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to integrating external 3D models into a character creation system. In general, a character creation system imports an external 3D model by determining correspondence values for each vertex within the 3D model. Once imported, a user can customize the 3D character by adding texture to the character, adjusting character features, swapping out one or more character features, adding clothes and accessories to the character, automatically rigging the character, and/or animating the character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ADOBE SYSTES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stefano Corazza, Emiliano Gambaretto, Charles Piña, Daniel Babcock
  • Systems and methods for creating and distributing modifiable animated video messages
    Patent number: 9747495
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable collaborative creation, transmission, sharing, non-linear exploration, and modification of animated video messages. One embodiment includes a video camera, a processor, a network interface, and storage containing an animated message application, and a 3D character model. In addition, the animated message application configures the processor to: capture a video sequence using the video camera; detect a human face within a sequence of video frames; track changes in human facial expression of a human face detected within a sequence of video frames; map tracked changes in human facial expression to motion data, where the motion data is generated to animate the 3D character model; apply motion data to animate the 3D character model; render an animation of the 3D character model into a file as encoded video; and transmit the encoded video to a remote device via the network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stefano Corazza, Daniel Babcock, Charles Pina, Sylvio Drouin
  • AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING CORRESPONDENCES BETWEEN THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS
    Publication number: 20160027200
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to integrating external 3D models into a character creation system. In general, a character creation system imports an external 3D model by determining correspondence values for each vertex within the 3D model. Once imported, a user can customize the 3D character by adding texture to the character, adjusting character features, swapping out one or more character features, adding clothes and accessories to the character, automatically rigging the character, and/or animating the character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Stefano Corazza, Emiliano Gambaretto, Charles Piña, Daniel Babcock