Patents by Inventor Moritz GEILINGER

Moritz GEILINGER 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).

  • Automatically generating quadruped locomotion controllers
    Patent number: 10553009
    Abstract: Techniques for generating locomotion data for animating a virtual quadruped model, starting at an origin point and travelling to a destination point along a defined path. A virtual skeletal structure for the virtual quadruped model is analyzed to identify a torso region, limbs each ending in a respective end effector, and limb attributes. A predefined locomotion template for virtual quadruped characters is retrieved and mapped to the virtual quadruped model by aligning the torso region and the plurality of limbs of the virtual skeletal structure for the virtual quadruped with a second torso region and a second plurality of limbs of the predefined locomotion template. Locomotion data is generated for the virtual quadruped model based on the defined path and by upscaling the mapped predefined locomotion template, based at least on the set of limb attributes determined by analyzing the virtual skeletal structure for the virtual quadruped model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Guay, Moritz Geilinger, Stelian Coros, Ye Yuan, Robert W. Sumner
  • AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING QUADRUPED LOCOMOTION CONTROLLERS
    Publication number: 20190287288
    Abstract: Techniques for generating locomotion data for animating a virtual quadruped model, starting at an origin point and travelling to a destination point along a defined path. A virtual skeletal structure for the virtual quadruped model is analyzed to identify a torso region, limbs each ending in a respective end effector, and limb attributes. A predefined locomotion template for virtual quadruped characters is retrieved and mapped to the virtual quadruped model by aligning the torso region and the plurality of limbs of the virtual skeletal structure for the virtual quadruped with a second torso region and a second plurality of limbs of the predefined locomotion template. Locomotion data is generated for the virtual quadruped model based on the defined path and by upscaling the mapped predefined locomotion template, based at least on the set of limb attributes determined by analyzing the virtual skeletal structure for the virtual quadruped model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Martin GUAY, Moritz GEILINGER, Stelian COROS, Ye YUAN, Robert W. SUMNER