Patents by Inventor Eyal Livine

Eyal Livine 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).

  • Programmable computer graphic objects
    Patent number: 6331861
    Abstract: A method for producing an animation sequence on a graphic display driven by a computer, including defining an object that includes a geometrical description of an animated character and characteristics of social behavior of the character and animating an image of the character responsive to the characteristics. The character is programmed with a predetermined response, such as a rule governing motion of the character, to a sensitivity condition occurring externally to the object. The geometrical description of the object includes a geometrical skeleton characterized by a hierarchy of sub-objects connected by joints, the rule governing motion defines motions of the joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Gizmoz Ltd.
    Inventors: Eval Gever, Nir Hermoni, Orit Bergman, Gil Tayar, Eilon Reshef, Doron Gill, Addy Feuerstein, Yaron Caneti, Roy Oppenheim, Eran Etam, Zohar Shpeizer, Yoav Borer, Eyal Livine, Ruth Kikin, Oren Zuckerman, Ron Kaas
  • Programmable computer graphic objects
    Patent number: 6329994
    Abstract: A method for producing an animation sequence on a graphic display driven by a computer, including defining an object that includes a geometrical description of an animated character and characteristics of social behavior of the character and animating an image of the character responsive to the characteristics. The character is programmed with a predetermined response, such as a rule governing motion of the character, to a sensitivity condition occurring externally to the object. The geometrical description of the object includes a geometrical skeleton characterized by a hierarchy of sub-objects connected by joints, the rule governing motion defines motions of the joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Zapa Digital Arts Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyal Gever, Nir Hermoni, Orit Bergman, Gil Tayar, Eilon Reshef, Doron Gill, Addy Feuerstein, Yaron Caneti, Roy Oppenheim, Eran Etam, Zohar Shpeizer, Yoav Borer, Eyal Livine, Ruth Kikin, Oren Zuckerman, Ron Kaas