Patents by Inventor Ryan Edward Schubert

Ryan Edward Schubert 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 computer readable media for utilizing synthetic animatronics
    Patent number: 9792715
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing synthetic animatronics are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for synthetic animatronics includes providing a display surface having different regions that accommodate different positions or deformations of a subject, mapping images of the subject to the different regions on the display surface, and displaying the mapped images on the different regions of the display surface at different times in accordance with a desired animation of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    Inventors: Gregory Welch, Kurtis P. Keller, Andrei State, Henry Fuchs, Ryan Edward Schubert
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR UTILIZING SYNTHETIC ANIMATRONICS
    Publication number: 20150178973
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing synthetic animatronics are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for synthetic animatronics includes providing a display surface having different regions that accommodate different positions or deformations of a subject, mapping images of the subject to the different regions on the display surface, and displaying the mapped images on the different regions of the display surface at different times in accordance with a desired animation of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Welch, Kurtis P. Keller, Andrei State, Henry Fuchs, Ryan Edward Schubert