Patents by Inventor Seth FREEMAN

Seth FREEMAN 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).

  • Hierarchy-based character rigging
    Patent number: 10282883
    Abstract: Animated characters for a computer animated production are rigged via a rigging hierarchy. A character rigging system receives a first selection associated with a template character rig description. The character rigging system identifies a first root character rig description associated with the template character rig description, wherein the template character rig description inherits at least one attribute from the first root character rig description. The character rigging system creates an individual character rig description for the animated character based on the first root character rig description and the template character rig description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Pizar
    Inventor: Seth Freeman
  • HEIRARCHY-BASED CHARACTER RIGGING
    Publication number: 20160171738
    Abstract: Animated characters for a computer animated production are rigged via a rigging hierarchy. A character rigging system receives a first selection associated with a template character rig description. The character rigging system identifies a first root character rig description associated with the template character rig description, wherein the template character rig description inherits at least one attribute from the first root character rig description. The character rigging system creates an individual character rig description for the animated character based on the first root character rig description and the template character rig description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Seth FREEMAN