Patents by Inventor Michael FREDERICKSON

Michael FREDERICKSON 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).

  • Choreography of animated crowds
    Patent number: 9396574
    Abstract: Techniques are proposed for animating a plurality of objects in a computer graphics environment. A crowd choreography system receives a first beat description defining potential motions for the plurality of objects, where the first beat description includes a first motion characteristic. The crowd choreography system selects a first object from the plurality of objects and selects a first value for the first motion characteristic based on the first beat description. The crowd choreography system creates a first motion path for the first object based on the first value and animates the first object based on the first motion path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Michael Frederickson, James David Northrup
  • CHOREOGRAPHY OF ANIMATED CROWDS
    Publication number: 20150002516
    Abstract: Techniques are proposed for animating a plurality of objects in a computer graphics environment. A crowd choreography system receives a first beat description defining potential motions for the plurality of objects, where the first beat description includes a first motion characteristic. The crowd choreography system selects a first object from the plurality of objects and selects a first value for the first motion characteristic based on the first beat description. The crowd choreography system creates a first motion path for the first object based on the first value and animates the first object based on the first motion path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michael FREDERICKSON, James David NORTHRUP