Patents by Inventor Philip Bradley Bird

Philip Bradley Bird 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).

  • Animation review methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 7324069
    Abstract: A system comprises a source providing video in a first format, a video converter for converting video from the first to a second format, a server storing a video image from the video, and combining the video image with a graphical user interface to form a composite video, and a first user display device displaying the composite video, and receiving from the user, a plurality of commands, wherein the first user display device is for receiving from the user, a plurality of annotations associated with a video frame from the composite video, and for determining the video frame from the composite video in response to a command, wherein the server is for forming an annotated video in response to the video frame and the plurality of annotations, for storing the plurality of annotations and the video frame, and for associating the plurality of annotations and the video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Karon A. Weber, Antoine McNamara, Maxwell O. Drukman, Philip Bradley Bird, Brendan Peter Donohoe, Michael Boyle Johnson, Alex Stahl