Patents by Inventor Maxime Beaudry

Maxime Beaudry 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).

  • Efficient processing of operator graphs representing three-dimensional character animation
    Patent number: 8310484
    Abstract: An operator graph representing three-dimensional animation can be analyzed to identify subgraphs of the operator graph in which operators are not required to operate in a serialized manner. Such a condition may arise, for example, when two operators are not dependent on each other for data. This condition may arise when the operators are operating on different elements in a scene. Such operators may be evaluated in parallel. To identify these operators, a dependency graph is created. The dependency graph indicates which operators have inputs that are dependent on outputs provided by other operators. Using this graph, operators that are independent of each other can be readily identified. These operators can be evaluated in parallel. In an interactive editing system for three-dimensional animation or other rich media, such an analysis of an operator graph would occur when changes are made to the animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: AUTODESK, Inc.
    Inventors: Jérôme Couture-Gagnon, Peter Zion, Ian Stewart, Ronald Beirouti, Dominic Laflamme, Maxime Beaudry
  • Efficient processing of operator graphs representing three-dimensional character animation
    Publication number: 20080028414
    Abstract: An operator graph representing three-dimensional animation can be analyzed to identify subgraphs of the operator graph in which operators are not required to operate in a serialized manner. Such a condition may arise, for example, when two operators are not dependent on each other for data. This condition may arise when the operators are operating on different elements in a scene. Such operators may be evaluated in parallel. To identify these operators, a dependency graph is created. The dependency graph indicates which operators have inputs that are dependent on outputs provided by other operators. Using this graph, operators that are independent of each other can be readily identified. These operators can be evaluated in parallel. In an interactive editing system for three-dimensional animation or other rich media, such an analysis of an operator graph would occur when changes are made to the animation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Jerome Couture-Gagnon, Peter Zion, Ian Stewart, Ronald Beirouti, Domimic Laflamme, Maxime Beaudry