Patents by Inventor Douglas L. James

Douglas L. James 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).

  • Patent number: 10586401
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for physically-based sculpting of virtual elastic materials are provided. The physically-based sculpting in one embodiment simulates elastic responses to localized distributions of force produced by sculpting with a brush-like force (e.g., grab, twist, pinch, scale) using one or more regularized solutions to equations of linear elasticity applied to a virtual infinite elastic space, referred to herein as “regularized Kelvinlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Fernando Ferrari De Goes, Douglas L. James
  • Publication number: 20160124289
    Abstract: This is a camera strap which encircles the user's wrist in the manner of a cinching-style mechanism which is user adjustable and/or adjusted by the hanging weight of the attached camera. The strap utilizes the two connecting points on either side of the camera body. The cinching wrist strap will attach to those two connecting points via a loop of webbing and retention clips. Quick release buckles allow the user to disconnect and/or interchange straps in a quick manner. This method of attaching the camera to the user's wrist allows ease of use and offers additional security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Douglas L. James, Michelle L. James
  • Publication number: 20150355530
    Abstract: This is a camera strap which encircles the user's wrist in the manner of a cinching-style mechanism which is user adjustable and/or adjusted by the hanging weight of the attached camera. The strap utilizes the two connecting points on either side of the camera body. The cinching wrist strap will attach to those two connecting points via a loop of webbing and retention clips. Quick release buckles allow the user to disconnect and/or interchange straps in a quick manner. This method of attaching the camera to the user's wrist allows ease of use and offers additional security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas L. James, Michelle L. James