Patents by Inventor Frank C. Anderson, III

Frank C. Anderson, III 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).

  • Method and system for dynamically filtering the motion of articulated bodies
    Patent number: 6750866
    Abstract: In accordance with a set of embodiments of the present invention, a method can be used to filter the motion of a body or a system of articulated bodies so that the motion conforms to the laws of classical dynamics. Based on a specified set of kinematic inputs, on a dynamic model that represents the articulated bodies, and on a set of tunable filter parameters, an optimization-based inverse dynamics algorithm can be used to determine values of control variables and each time step during a forward simulation so that the model is driven toward the specified set of desired kinematics while at the same time potentially optimizing various other aspects of the motion. The embodiments may be useful in the areas of biomechanics, medicine, ergonomics, computer animation, or other areas where realistic motion generation is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Realistic Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank C. Anderson, III