Patents by Inventor Gilles Daviet

Gilles Daviet 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: 11625882
    Abstract: A method for generating one or more visual representations of a porous media submerged in a fluid is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes defining a field comprising fluid parameter values for the fluid, the fluid parameter values comprising fluid velocity values and pore pressures. The method includes generating a plurality of particles that model a plurality of objects of the porous media, the plurality of objects being independently movable with respect to one another, determining values of motion parameters based at least in part on the field when the plurality of particles are submerged in the fluid, buoyancy and drag forces being used to determine relative motion of the plurality of particles and the fluid, and generating the one or more visual representations of the plurality of objects submerged in the fluid based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Unity Technologies SF
    Inventors: Alexey Stomakhin, Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet
  • Publication number: 20230025285
    Abstract: A method for generating visual representations of interactions between two different materials is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes modeling a primary material as a plurality of first particles and modeling a layer portion of a secondary material as a fluid volume. The secondary material can include a layer portion positioned between the plurality of first particles and an outer portion. At least one boundary condition might be assigned to a boundary positioned between the layer portion and the outer portion, the at least one boundary condition includes at least one pressure value. Values of motion parameters might be determined by applying the at least one boundary condition at the boundary and generating one or more visual representations of the primary material interacting with the secondary material based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Alexey Stomakhin, Sven Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet, Daniel Martin Elliott Jones
  • Patent number: 11508108
    Abstract: A method for generating one or more visual representations of a porous media submerged in a fluid is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes defining a field comprising fluid parameter values for the fluid, the fluid parameter values comprising fluid velocity values and pore pressures. The method includes generating a plurality of particles that model a plurality of objects of the porous media, the plurality of objects being independently movable with respect to one another, determining values of motion parameters based at least in part on the field when the plurality of particles are submerged in the fluid, buoyancy and drag forces being used to determine relative motion of the plurality of particles and the fluid, and generating the one or more visual representations of the plurality of objects submerged in the fluid based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Unity Technologies SF
    Inventors: Alexey Stomakhin, Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet
  • Patent number: 11501481
    Abstract: A method for generating one or more visual representations of a porous media submerged in a fluid is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes defining a field comprising fluid parameter values for the fluid, the fluid parameter values comprising fluid velocity values and pore pressures. The method includes generating a plurality of particles that model a plurality of objects of the porous media, the plurality of objects being independently movable with respect to one another, determining values of motion parameters based at least in part on the field when the plurality of particles are submerged in the fluid, buoyancy and drag forces being used to determine relative motion of the plurality of particles and the fluid, and generating the one or more visual representations of the plurality of objects submerged in the fluid based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Unity Technologies SF
    Inventors: Alexey M Stomakhin, Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet
  • Patent number: 11455444
    Abstract: A method for generating visual representations of interactions between two different materials is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes modeling a primary material as a plurality of first particles and modeling a layer portion of a secondary material as a fluid volume. The secondary material can include a layer portion positioned between the plurality of first particles and an outer portion. At least one boundary condition might be assigned to a boundary positioned between the layer portion and the outer portion, the at least one boundary condition includes at least one pressure value. Values of motion parameters might be determined by applying the at least one boundary condition at the boundary and generating one or more visual representations of the primary material interacting with the secondary material based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Unity Technologies SF
    Inventors: Alexey Stomakhin, Sven Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet, Daniel Martin Elliott Jones
  • Patent number: 11341301
    Abstract: A method for generating visual representations of interactions between two different materials is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes modeling a primary material as a plurality of first particles and modeling a layer portion of a secondary material as a fluid volume. The secondary material can include a layer portion positioned between the plurality of first particles and an outer portion. At least one boundary condition might be assigned to a boundary positioned between the layer portion and the outer portion, the at least one boundary condition includes at least one pressure value. Values of motion parameters might be determined by applying the at least one boundary condition at the boundary and generating one or more visual representations of the primary material interacting with the secondary material based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Unity Technologies, SF
    Inventors: Alexey Stomakhin, Sven Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet, Daniel Martin Elliott Jones
  • Publication number: 20220067244
    Abstract: A method for generating visual representations of interactions between two different materials is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes modeling a primary material as a plurality of first particles and modeling a layer portion of a secondary material as a fluid volume. The secondary material can include a layer portion positioned between the plurality of first particles and an outer portion. At least one boundary condition might be assigned to a boundary positioned between the layer portion and the outer portion, the at least one boundary condition includes at least one pressure value. Values of motion parameters might be determined by applying the at least one boundary condition at the boundary and generating one or more visual representations of the primary material interacting with the secondary material based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alexey Stomakhin, Sven Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet, Daniel Elliot
  • Patent number: 11210833
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure disclose systems and methods for computing frictional contacts of topologically different bodies in a graphical system. For a large number of fibers interacting, such as hair, interacting with one or more other bodies having different properties, the problem may be decomposed into an elastic relaxation part and a contact projection part, which may be solved to yield velocities for portions of objects, providing efficient, realistic interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Weta Digital Limited
    Inventor: Gilles Daviet
  • Publication number: 20210279385
    Abstract: A method for generating visual representations of interactions between two different materials is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes modeling a primary material as a plurality of first particles and modeling a layer portion of a secondary material as a fluid volume. The secondary material can include a layer portion positioned between the plurality of first particles and an outer portion. At least one boundary condition might be assigned to a boundary positioned between the layer portion and the outer portion, the at least one boundary condition includes at least one pressure value. Values of motion parameters might be determined by applying the at least one boundary condition at the boundary and generating one or more visual representations of the primary material interacting with the secondary material based on the values of the motion parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Alexey Stomakhin, Sven Joel Wretborn, Gilles Daviet, Daniel Elliot