Patents by Inventor Ilona Mohr

Ilona Mohr 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 for animating motor-driven puppets and the like and apparatus implementing the method
    Patent number: 5493185
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for animating motor-driven puppets includes drive units for individual parts or segments of the puppets, a manual input control system for controlling the drive units and generating control signals, and a computer having a memory in which the control signals can be stored for controlling the drive units. Further sub-control signals are superimposed on the control signals for modifying them in order to refine the movements and expressions of the puppet and to generate automatically controlled sequences of movements which form expressions and lifelike behaviors. Certain behaviors and expressions can be pre-stored for superpositioning on the movements of the puppet during a performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Inventors: Martin Mohr, Ilona Mohr