Patents by Inventor WENZEL A. JAKOB

WENZEL A. JAKOB 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).

  • Patent number: 10580194
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for rendering three-dimensional virtual environments using reversible jumps are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, mappings from random numbers to light paths are modeled as an explicit iterative random walk. Inverses of path construction techniques are employed to turn light transport paths back into the random numbers that produced them. In particular, such inverses may be used to extend the Multiplexed Metropolis Light Transport (MMLT) technique to perform path-invariant perturbations that produce a new path sample using a different path construction technique but preserve the path's geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich (Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich)
    Inventors: Jan Novák, Wenzel A. Jakob, Wojciech Jarosz, Benedikt Martin Bitterli
  • Patent number: 10330942
    Abstract: Techniques are described for designing and manufacturing a surface that produces a desired image when illuminated by a light source. As described, the desired image may be decomposed into a collection of Gaussian kernels (referred to as Gaussians). A shape of a micropatch lens corresponding to each Gaussian may be determined, and the resulting micropatch lenses may be assembled to form a highly continuous surface that will cast an approximation of the desired image formed form the sum of a plurality of Gaussian caustics. The disclosed techniques may be used to create a design for a light-redirecting surface amenable to milling (or other manufacturing process).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Marios Papas, Wojciech Jarosz, Wenzel A. Jakob, Szymon M. Rusinkiewicz, Wojciech Matusik, Tim A. Weyrich
  • Publication number: 20190139295
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for rendering three-dimensional virtual environments using reversible jumps are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, mappings from random numbers to light paths are modeled as an explicit iterative random walk. Inverses of path construction techniques are employed to turn light transport paths back into the random numbers that produced them. In particular, such inverses may be used to extend the Multiplexed Metropolis Light Transport (MMLT) technique to perform path-invariant perturbations that produce a new path sample using a different path construction technique but preserve the path's geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jan NOVÁK, Wenzel A. JAKOB, Wojciech JAROSZ, Benedikt Martin BITTERLI
  • Publication number: 20160041398
    Abstract: Techniques are described for designing and manufacturing a surface that produces a desired image when illuminated by a light source. As described, the desired image may be decomposed into a collection of Gaussian kernels (referred to as Gaussians). A shape of a micropatch lens corresponding to each Gaussian may be determined, and the resulting micropatch lenses may be assembled to form a highly continuous surface that will cast an approximation of the desired image formed form the sum of a plurality of Gaussian caustics. The disclosed techniques may be used to create a design for a light-redirecting surface amenable to milling (or other manufacturing process).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: MARIOS PAPAS, WOJCIECH JAROSZ, WENZEL A. JAKOB, SZYMON M. RUSINKIEWICZ, WOJCIECH MATUSIK, TIM A. WEYRICH
  • Patent number: 9188783
    Abstract: Techniques are described for designing and manufacturing a surface that produces a desired image when illuminated by a light source. As described, the desired image may be decomposed into a collection of Gaussian kernels (referred to as Gaussians). A shape of a micropatch lens corresponding to each Gaussian may be determined, and the resulting micropatch lenses may be assembled to form a highly continuous surface that will cast an approximation of the desired image formed form the sum of a plurality of Gaussian caustics. The disclosed techniques may be used to create a design for a light-redirecting surface amenable to milling (or other manufacturing process).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Marios Papas, Wojciech Jarosz, Wenzel A. Jakob, Szymon M. Rusinkiewicz, Wojciech Matusik, Tim A. Weyrich
  • Publication number: 20130066596
    Abstract: Techniques are described for designing and manufacturing a surface that produces a desired image when illuminated by a light source. As described, the desired image may be decomposed into a collection of Gaussian kernels (referred to as Gaussians). A shape of a micropatch lens corresponding to each Gaussian may be determined, and the resulting micropatch lenses may be assembled to form a highly continuous surface that will cast an approximation of the desired image formed form the sum of a plurality of Gaussian caustics. The disclosed techniques may be used to create a design for a light-redirecting surface amenable to milling (or other manufacturing process).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: MARIOS PAPAS, WOJCIECH JAROSZ, WENZEL A. JAKOB, SZYMON M. RUSINKIEWICZ, WOJCIECH MATUSIK, TIM A. WEYRICH