Patents by Inventor Maxime Bellehumeur

Maxime Bellehumeur 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 determining curved path of travel for a character in cover mode in a game environment
    Patent number: 10596467
    Abstract: A computer system comprising a memory storing data and program instructions, the data representing a game environment including a character and a plurality of cover segments; a player interface; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory. Execution of the program instructions causes the computer to implement a method that comprises determining a selected subset of the cover segments; determining a curved path that passes through control points associated with the selected subset of the cover segments; and rendering images for display via the player interface, the images showing movement of the character along the curved path while the character is in cover mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX LIMITED
    Inventors: Joel Desjardins, Maxime Bellehumeur
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CURVED PATH OF TRAVEL FOR A CHARACTER IN COVER MODE IN A GAME ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180001201
    Abstract: A computer system comprising a memory storing data and program instructions, the data representing a game environment including a character and a plurality of cover segments; a player interface; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory. Execution of the program instructions causes the computer to implement a method that comprises determining a selected subset of the cover segments; determining a curved path that passes through control points associated with the selected subset of the cover segments; and rendering images for display via the player interface, the images showing movement of the character along the curved path while the character is in cover mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Joel DESJARDINS, Maxime Bellehumeur