Patents by Inventor Vince Jewlal

Vince Jewlal 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).

  • System and method for driving artificial intelligence (AI) characters having continuous reevaluation of current goals and navigation path
    Patent number: 8257173
    Abstract: A method for driving an artificial intelligence (AI) character involving computing a navigational graph for a virtual environment and moving the AI character along a current path for an AI character from a current location to a current destination is disclosed. While moving the AI character along the current path the potential alternative destinations are continuously evaluated and a new destination or the current destination based upon a heuristic analysis of the alternative destinations and the current destination. The system also continuously determines whether the AI character can leave the current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Bergelt, David Smith, Josh C Brown, Darius Julian Tam, Ian D. Yip, Vince Jewlal
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CHARACTERS HAVING CONTINUOUS REEVALUATION OF CURRENT GOALS AND HAVING NAVIGATION PATH
    Publication number: 20090197686
    Abstract: A method for driving an artificial intelligence (AI) character involving computing a navigational graph for a virtual environment and moving the AI character along a current path for an AI character from a current location to a current destination is disclosed. While moving the AI character along the current path the potential alternative destinations are continuously evaluated and a new destination or the current destination based upon a heuristic analysis of the alternative destinations and the current destination. The system also continuously determines whether the AI character can leave the current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Bergelt, David Smith, Josh C. Brown, Darius Julian Tam, Ian D. Yip, Vince Jewlal