Patents by Inventor Raphael Anderegg

Raphael Anderegg 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).

  • Virtual puppeteering using a portable device
    Patent number: 11628374
    Abstract: A virtual puppeteering system includes a portable device including a camera, a display, a hardware processor, and a system memory storing an object animation software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the object animation software code to, using the camera, generate an image in response to receiving an activation input, using the display, display the image, and receive a selection input selecting an object shown in the image. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the object animation software code to determine a distance separating the selected object from the portable device, receive an animation input, identify, based on the selected object and the received animation input, a movement for animating the selected object, generate an animation of the selected object using the determined distance and the identified movement, and render the animation of the selected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich
    Inventors: Raphael Anderegg, Loic Ciccone, Robert W. Sumner
  • Virtual Puppeteering Using a Portable Device
    Publication number: 20210008461
    Abstract: A virtual puppeteering system includes a portable device including a camera, a display, a hardware processor, and a system memory storing an object animation software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the object animation software code to, using the camera, generate an image in response to receiving an activation input, using the display, display the image, and receive a selection input selecting an object shown in the image. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the object animation software code to determine a distance separating the selected object from the portable device, receive an animation input, identify, based on the selected object and the received animation input, a movement for animating the selected object, generate an animation of the selected object using the determined distance and the identified movement, and render the animation of the selected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Raphael Anderegg, Loic Ciccone, Robert W. Sumner