Patents by Inventor Laurent P. Charbonnel

Laurent P. Charbonnel 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).

  • Wave zones rendering technique
    Patent number: 8610721
    Abstract: Rendering a deforming object in animation including: defining a deforming object surface angle; identifying a normal vector discontinuity point using the deforming object surface angle; defining front part and back part of the deforming object with reference to the normal vector discontinuity point; dividing the front part of the deforming object into zones based on the deforming object surface angle; dividing the back part of the deforming object into zones based on the deforming object surface angle; and rendering each zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Laurent P. Charbonnel
  • WAVE ZONES RENDERING TECHNIQUE
    Publication number: 20080284783
    Abstract: Rendering a deforming object in animation including: defining a deforming object surface angle; identifying a normal vector discontinuity point using the deforming object surface angle; defining front part and back part of the deforming object with reference to the normal vector discontinuity point; dividing the front part of the deforming object into zones based on the deforming object surface angle; dividing the back part of the deforming object into zones based on the deforming object surface angle; and rendering each zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Laurent P. Charbonnel