Patents by Inventor Ed Bainbridge

Ed Bainbridge 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).

  • Interactive animation
    Patent number: 7952585
    Abstract: An interactive animation environment. The interactive animation environment includes at least one user-controlled object, and the animation method for providing this environment includes determining a position of the user-controlled object, defining a plurality of regions about the position, detecting a user input to move the position of the user-controlled object, associating the detected user input to move the position of the user-controlled object with a region in the direction of movement, and providing an animation of the user-controlled object associated with the mapped region. A system and controller for implementing the method is also disclosed. A computer program and computer program product for implementing the invention is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bridger, Ed Bainbridge, Jon Williams, Matthew Humphries, David Navarro, Andy Brown, David Pridmore, Jon Maine
  • INTERACTIVE ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20110043529
    Abstract: An interactive animation environment. The interactive animation environment includes at least one user-controlled object, and the animation method for providing this environment includes determining a position of the user-controlled object, defining a plurality of regions about the position, detecting a user input to move the position of the user-controlled object, associating the detected user input to move the position of the user-controlled object with a region in the direction of movement, and providing an animation of the user-controlled object associated with the mapped region. A system and controller for implementing the method is also disclosed. A computer program and computer program product for implementing the invention is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bridger, Ed Bainbridge, Jon Williams, Matthew Humphries, David Navvarro, Andy Brown, David Pridmore, Jon Maine
  • Interactive animation
    Patent number: 7843455
    Abstract: An interactive animation environment. The interactive animation environment includes at least one user-controlled object, and the animation method for providing this environment includes determining a position of the user-controlled object, defining a plurality of regions about the position, detecting a user input to move the position of the user-controlled object, associating the detected user input to move the position of the user-controlled object with a region in the direction of movement, and providing an animation of the user-controlled object associated with the mapped region. A system and controller for implementing the method is also disclosed. A computer program and computer program product for implementing the invention is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bridger, Ed Bainbridge, Jon Williams, Matthew Humphries, David Navvarro, Andy Brown, David Pridmore, Jon Maine
  • INTERACTIVE ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20070262999
    Abstract: An interactive animation environment. The interactive animation environment includes at least one user-controlled object, and the animation method for providing this environment includes determining a position of the user-controlled object, defining a plurality of regions about the position, detecting a user input to move the position of the user-controlled object, associating the detected user input to move the position of the user-controlled object with a region in the direction of movement, and providing an animation of the user-controlled object associated with the mapped region. A system and controller for implementing the method is also disclosed. A computer program and computer program product for implementing the invention is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bridger, Ed Bainbridge, Jon Williams, Matthew Humphries, David Navarro, Andy Brown, David Pridmore, Jon Maine