Patents by Inventor Umberto Lazzari

Umberto Lazzari 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).

  • Asset management during production of media
    Patent number: 10445398
    Abstract: Managing assets during production of multimedia, comprising: creating at least one scouting image; creating a metadata including information needed to import the at least one scouting image as a shot; and generating a script including commands needed to recreate the shot in its current state, and storing camera and character attributes. Keywords include asset management and scouting images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES INC
    Inventors: Dave Morehead, Yiotis Katsambas, James Williams, Rob Skiena, Umberto Lazzari
  • ASSET MANAGEMENT DURING PRODUCTION OF MEDIA
    Publication number: 20130232398
    Abstract: Managing assets during production of multimedia, comprising: creating at least one scouting image; creating a metadata including information needed to import the at least one scouting image as a shot; and generating a script including commands needed to recreate the shot in its current state, and storing camera and character attributes. Keywords include asset management and scouting images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dave Morehead, Yiotis Katsambas, James Williams, Rob Skiena, Umberto Lazzari
  • MANAGING STORYBOARDS
    Publication number: 20130232144
    Abstract: Managing assets in a movie during production, including: storing an image file in a temporary location; storing an XML file containing various metadata; sending a signal including the path the XML filet wherein the XML file contains a path to the image file that it is to be imported. Keywords include Photoshop and XML.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES, INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yiotis Katsambas, Dave Morehead, Umberto Lazzari
  • STORY DEVELOPMENT IN MOTION PICTURE
    Publication number: 20100225648
    Abstract: Developing a story for a motion picture, including: receiving drawings; receiving camera setups by generating an animated 3-D environment; incorporating placeholders for the drawings into the generated 3-D environment; creating shots by ordering and timing the camera setups; and integrating the drawings into the camera setups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yiotis Katsambas, Dave Morehead, James Williams, Umberto Lazzari, Tok Braun, Andrea Miloro