Patents by Inventor John T. Monos

John T. Monos 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).

  • System and method for procedural CG eye meniscus
    Patent number: 9269185
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide a highly convenient and practically automated system for creation of highly-realistic menisci for CG characters. Creating the meniscus in the correct place and maintaining its correlation with moving eyes and eyelids was in the past difficult. The systems and methods disclosed provide a highly-realistic way to create and control such features. The systems and methods may create the meniscus in a procedural fashion, allowing the meniscus to properly track movements of character eyes and eyelids and to be animated in a highly-realistic fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Sheerin, John T. Monos
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCEDURAL CG EYE MENISCUS
    Publication number: 20140210815
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide a highly convenient and practically automated system for creation of highly-realistic menisci for CG characters. Creating the meniscus in the correct place and maintaining its correlation with moving eyes and eyelids was in the past difficult. The systems and methods disclosed provide a highly-realistic way to create and control such features. The systems and methods may create the meniscus in a procedural fashion, allowing the meniscus to properly track movements of character eyes and eyelids and to be animated in a highly-realistic fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: Sony Pictures Technologies Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Sheerin, John T. Monos