Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Bruce Yost

Jeffrey Bruce Yost 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: 10055874
    Abstract: In some embodiments a method of transferring facial expressions from a subject to a computer-generated character is provided where the method includes receiving positional information from a motion capture session of the subject representing a performance having facial expressions to be transferred to the computer-generated character, receiving a first animation model that represents the subject, and receiving a second animation model that represents the computer-generated character. Each of the first and second animation models can include a plurality of adjustable controls that define geometries of the model and that can be adjusted to present different facial expressions on the model, and where the first and second animation models are designed so that setting the same values for the same set of adjustable controls in each model generates a similar facial poses on the models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hun Yu, Michael Koperwas, Jeffrey Bruce Yost, Sheila Santos, Kiran S. Bhat
  • Publication number: 20170053663
    Abstract: In some embodiments a method of transferring facial expressions from a subject to a computer-generated character is provided where the method includes receiving positional information from a motion capture session of the subject representing a performance having facial expressions to be transferred to the computer-generated character, receiving a first animation model that represents the subject, and receiving a second animation model that represents the computer-generated character. Each of the first and second animation models can include a plurality of adjustable controls that define geometries of the model and that can be adjusted to present different facial expressions on the model, and where the first and second animation models are designed so that setting the same values for the same set of adjustable controls in each model generates a similar facial poses on the models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ji Hun Yu, Michael Koperwas, Jeffrey Bruce Yost, Sheila Santos, Kiran S. Bhat
  • Patent number: 8253728
    Abstract: In general, one or more aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can include associating with each clip in a sequence of one or more clips a copy of a three dimensional (3D) scene that was used to create the clip, where the clip is a sequence of one or more images that depict the clip's respective 3D scene from the perspective of one or more virtual cameras. Input identifying a clip in the sequence is received. In response to the receiving, a copy of the identified clip's associated copy of the 3D scene is presented in an editor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Steve Sullivan, Max S-Han Chen, Jeffrey Bruce Yost