Patents by Inventor Ian McGonigal

Ian McGonigal 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: 12288281
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing frame interpolation. The technique includes generating (i) a first set of feature maps based on a first set of rendering features associated with a first key frame, (ii) a second set of feature maps based on a second set of rendering features associated with a second key frame, and (iii) a third set of feature maps based on a third set of rendering features associated with a target frame. The technique also includes applying one or more neural networks to the first, second, and third set of feature maps to generate a set of mappings from a first set of pixels in the first key frame to a second set of pixels in the target frame. The technique further includes generating the target frame based on the set of mappings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Karlis Martins Briedis, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Ian McGonigal, Mark Meyer, Marios Papas, Markus Plack
  • Publication number: 20240249381
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory storing software code. The processor executes the software code to receive a first rendered image having first color and auxiliary buffers, receive a second rendered image having second color and auxiliary buffers, provide a third auxiliary buffer for an intermediate image to be interpolated, and identify one or more context features from each of the color buffers and the auxiliary buffers. The software code further interpolates, based on the context features, the intermediate image to provide an interpolated image, determines, based on the one or more context features from each of the first, second, and third auxiliary buffers, a rendering mask for producing one or more rendered sub-portions of the intermediate image, partially renders, using the rendering mask, the intermediate image to provide a partially rendered image, and blends the interpolated image and the partially rendered image to provide a composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Karlis Martins Briedis, Mark Meyer, Ian McGonigal, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Raphael Francois Otriz
  • Patent number: 3957652
    Abstract: Milled screen units can be tack welded to existing pockets after the conventional screen has been removed or can be recessed into the top of modified pockets and tack welded. In both cases the construction of the screen unit permits minimal tack welding thus obviating the change in metallurgical structure normally present thereby reducing chemical fretting when used with active solutions and/or abrasive particles. The screen is formed from a cylinder in which the slits are milled. The sections are then cut from the cylinder and flattened so that the slits take up a cross sectional configuration having a narrow width on one side and gradually widening towards the other side thus preventing clogging during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Delta Precision Casting Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ian McGonigal