Patents by Inventor Noah Scruggs

Noah Scruggs 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).

  • Patent number: 11178355
    Abstract: A method and system provides for generating visual animation, including capturing a first take of a scene with a moveable camera, the first take of the scene including a scene tracking marker disposed within a background set. The method and system includes determining a movement track of the moveable camera during the capturing of the first take of scene and capturing a second take of the scene with a user operating a visual animation object on a moveable platform, capturing the second take using with moving the moveable platform based on the movement track. Therein, the method and system provides for electronically merging, using a computer processing device, the first take and the second take to generate an output scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Swaybox Studios, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson Mintz, Christopher Armand, Noah Scruggs
  • Patent number: 11076120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for synchronization of movements of an object having multiple elements within a scene. The method and system includes generating an audio broadcast with multiple audio tracks, each track indicating movement instructions for associated elements. The method and system includes distributing the audio broadcast to a plurality of users controlling object elements. The method and system includes recording the scene with the users controlling the elements of the object based on the audio tracks, synchronizing coordination of movement instructions of the disparate but related elements of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Swaybox Studios, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson Mintz, Christopher Armand, Noah Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20200204758
    Abstract: A method and system provides for generating visual animation, including capturing a first take of a scene with a moveable camera, the first take of the scene including a scene tracking marker disposed within a background set. The method and system includes determining a movement track of the moveable camera during the capturing of the first take of scene and capturing a second take of the scene with a user operating a visual animation object on a moveable platform, capturing the second take using with moving the moveable platform based on the movement track. Therein, the method and system provides for electronically merging, using a computer processing device, the first take and the second take to generate an output scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson Mintz, Christopher Armand, Noah Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20200027258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for generating a visual effect of animation including recording multiple takes of a scene having puppet movement. The puppet includes an object action generated by multiple objects interchangeable in the different takes. Each object represents a different phase of the object action. The method and system electronically captures each take of the scene, each taking include one of the objects. Between takes, the current object is removed and replaced with the next object. After all takes are electronically captured, the method and system electronically merges the multiple takes to generate the merged scene including the visual effect of animation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson Mintz, Christopher Armand, Noah Scruggs
  • Patent number: 10529112
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for generating a visual effect of animation including recording multiple takes of a scene having puppet movement. The puppet includes an object action generated by multiple objects interchangeable in the different takes. Each object represents a different phase of the object action. The method and system electronically captures each take of the scene, each taking include one of the objects. Between takes, the current object is removed and replaced with the next object. After all takes are electronically captured, the method and system electronically merges the multiple takes to generate the merged scene including the visual effect of animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SWAYBOX STUDIOS, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson Mintz, Christopher Armand, Noah Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20190182450
    Abstract: A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track, and combining the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Arthur Mintz, Theresea Andersson Mintz, Christopher Armand, Noah Scruggs
  • Patent number: 10148904
    Abstract: A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track, and combining the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Swaybox Studios, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson Mintz, Noah Scruggs, Christopher Armand