Patents by Inventor Nicole H. Tostevin

Nicole H. Tostevin 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).

  • Digital cartoon and animation process
    Patent number: 6393134
    Abstract: A digital cartoon or animation creation process, alternately describable as digital rotoscoping. Images are obtained in digital format by set-up steps (32, 44), image capture steps (34-36 and 46), and image storage (38, 48). The rotoscoping process (10) includes an image to line art rendering sub-process (14) which optionally may be followed by a specialized line art rendering sub-process (16) or a coloring sub-process (18). The line art rendering sub-process (14) includes a series of filters, particularly including a high-pass filter (68) using a gaussian blur convolution matrix. The specialized rendering sub-process (16) has particular use for carrying image regions having particularized detail through into final images in a manner that such detail is not lost, and the coloring sub-process (18) permits creation of colorized final images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Phoenix Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole H. Tostevin, Mark R. Moran, Justin L. Gardner, Noel M Marrero, Robert A. Cook
  • Digital cartoon and animation process
    Patent number: 6061462
    Abstract: A digital cartoon or animation creation process, alternately describable as digital rotoscoping. Images are obtained in digital format by set-up steps (32, 44), image capture steps (34-36 and 46), and image storage (38, 48). The rotoscoping process (10) includes an image to line art rendering sub-process (14) which optionally may be followed by a specialized line art rendering sub-process (16) or a coloring sub-process (18). The line art rendering sub-process (14) includes a series of filters, particularly including a high-pass filter (68) using a gaussian blur convolution matrix. The specialized rendering sub-process (16) has particular use for carrying image regions having particularized detail through into final images in a manner that such detail is not lost, and the coloring sub-process (18) permits creation of colorized final images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Phoenix Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole H. Tostevin, Mark R. Moran, Justin L. Gardner, Noel M. Marrero, Robert A. Cook