Patents by Inventor Ferdi Scheepers

Ferdi Scheepers 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).

  • Dynamic wrinkle mapping
    Patent number: 7969447
    Abstract: A method for a computer system includes retrieving a plurality of base poses for an object, retrieving a plurality of base texture maps associated with the plurality of base poses, receiving a desired pose for the object, determining a plurality of coefficients associated with the plurality of base poses in response to the desired pose and to the plurality of base poses, and determining a desired texture map in response to the plurality of coefficients and to the plurality of base texture maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Ferdi Scheepers, John Anderson, Rick Sayre
  • Dynamic wrinkle mapping
    Publication number: 20060022991
    Abstract: A method for a computer system includes retrieving a plurality of base poses for an object, retrieving a plurality of base texture maps associated with the plurality of base poses, receiving a desired pose for the object, determining a plurality of coefficients associated with the plurality of base poses in response to the desired pose and to the plurality of base poses, and determining a desired texture map in response to the plurality of coefficients and to the plurality of base texture maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Pixar
    Inventors: Ferdi Scheepers, John Anderson, Rick Sayre
  • Dynamic wrinkle mapping
    Publication number: 20050248582
    Abstract: A method for a computer system includes retrieving a plurality of base poses for an object, retrieving a plurality of base texture maps associated with the plurality of base poses, receiving a desired pose for the object, determining a plurality of coefficients associated with the plurality of base poses in response to the desired pose and to the plurality of base poses, and determining a desired texture map in response to the plurality of coefficients and to the plurality of base texture maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Pixar
    Inventors: Ferdi Scheepers, John Anderson, Rick Sayre