Patents by Inventor Tim Pipher

Tim Pipher 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).

  • Video Game Engine Assisted Virtual Studio Production Process
    Publication number: 20230077552
    Abstract: A production process involves predetermined number of cameras simultaneously filming a background at predetermined angles, and filming actors in a studio with the same number of cameras and the same angles, used in conjunction with a virtual studio system. In studio, the actors perform before a green screen and the virtual studio system composites the actors onto the background in real-time. Camera tracking allows the in-studio cameras to pan, tilt, focus, zoom, and make limited other movements as the virtual studio system adjusts display of the background in a corresponding manner, resulting in a realistic scene without transporting actors and crew to the background location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Tim Pipher
  • MULTI-CAMERA VIRTUAL STUDIO PRODUCTION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20220150422
    Abstract: A production process involves predetermined number of cameras simultaneously filming a background at predetermined angles, and filming actors in a studio with the same number of cameras and the same angles, used in conjunction with a virtual studio system. In studio, the actors perform before a green screen and the virtual studio system composites the actors onto the background in real-time. Camera tracking allows the in-studio cameras to pan, tilt, focus, zoom, and make limited other movements as the virtual studio system adjusts display of the background in a corresponding manner, resulting in a realistic scene without transporting actors and crew to the background location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Tim Pipher
  • Multi-camera virtual studio production process
    Patent number: 11165972
    Abstract: A production process involves predetermined number of cameras simultaneously filming a background at predetermined angles, and filming actors in a studio with the same number of cameras and the same angles, used in conjunction with a virtual studio system. In studio, the actors perform before a green screen and the virtual studio system composites the actors onto the background in real-time. Camera tracking allows the in-studio cameras to pan, tilt, focus, zoom, and make limited other movements as the virtual studio system adjusts display of the background in a corresponding manner, resulting in a realistic scene without transporting actors and crew to the background location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Tim Pipher
  • Multi-Camera Virtual Studio Production Process
    Publication number: 20190110004
    Abstract: A production process involves predetermined number of cameras simultaneously filming a background at predetermined angles, and filming actors in a studio with the same number of cameras and the same angles, used in conjunction with a virtual studio system. In studio, the actors perform before a green screen and the virtual studio system composites the actors onto the background in real-time. Camera tracking allows the in-studio cameras to pan, tilt, focus, zoom, and make limited other movements as the virtual studio system adjusts display of the background in a corresponding manner, resulting in a realistic scene without transporting actors and crew to the background location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Tim Pipher