Patents by Inventor Paul E. Vouga

Paul E. Vouga 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).

  • Methods, systems and media for simulating contact scenarios
    Patent number: 9020787
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods enabling reliable simulation of objects in contact scenarios. Embodiments of the invention utilize methods providing three parameter-independent guarantees. According to embodiments of the invention, simulations of well-posed problems: have no interpenetrations; obey causality, momentum and energy conservation laws; and complete in finite time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Eitan Grinspun, David Harmon, Rasmus Tamstorf, Paul E. Vouga
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND MEDIA FOR SIMULATING CONTACT SCENARIOS
    Publication number: 20100211368
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods enabling reliable simulation of objects in contact scenarios. Embodiments of the invention utilize methods providing three parameter-independent guarantees. According to embodiments of the invention, simulations of well-posed problems: have no interpenetrations; obey causality, momentum and energy conservation laws; and complete in finite time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicants: Disney Enterprises, Inc, The Trustees of Columbia University
    Inventors: Eitan Grinspun, David Harmon, Rasmus Tamstorf, Paul E. Vouga