Patents by Inventor William Stuart Farquhar
William Stuart Farquhar 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).
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Patent number: 11967001Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a video of a user-defined virtual reality scene are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a scene definition; obtain camera information for multiple virtual cameras to be used in generating a two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene; execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; obtain camera timing instructions specifying which of the virtual cameras should be used to generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene as a function of progress through the scene duration; generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene in accordance with the camera timing instructions and the camera information.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Mindshow Inc.Inventors: Gil Baron, Daniel Andrew Bellezza, Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar, Jason Zesheng Hwang, John Henry Kanikula Peters, Nhan Van Khong, Christopher Robert Laubach, Gregory Scott Pease, Jonathan Michael Ross
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Patent number: 11961173Abstract: Systems and methods to reconfigure a scene based on timing and scene content are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain scene information defines a scene in which an event transpires; analyze the scene information that defines the event to identify effectual content and ineffectual content related to the event within the unedited event duration; and generate, based on the scene information and the analysis, a draft scene that includes an edited event comprising the effectual content from an edited event beginning to an edited event end in accordance with the prospective event duration.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Mindshow Inc.Inventors: Gil Baron, William Stuart Farquhar, John Henry Kanikula Peters
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Publication number: 20230401771Abstract: Systems and methods to reconfigure a scene based on timing and scene content are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain scene information defines a scene in which an event transpires; analyze the scene information that defines the event to identify effectual content and ineffectual content related to the event within the unedited event duration; and generate, based on the scene information and the analysis, a draft scene that includes an edited event comprising the effectual content from an edited event beginning to an edited event end in accordance with the prospective event duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Gil Baron, William Stuart Farquhar, John Henry Kanikula Peters
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Publication number: 20230298288Abstract: Systems and methods configured to facilitate animation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first scene definition; receive second entity information; integrate the second entity information into the first scene definition such that a second scene definition is generated; for each of the entities of the entity information, execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the second scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; for each of the entities of the entity information, analyze the second scene definition for deviancy between the given entity and the second motion capture information; for each of the entities of the entity information, indicate, based on the analysis for deviancy, the given entity as deviant; and for each of the entities of the entity information, re-integrate the given entity into the second scene definition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar
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Publication number: 20230252690Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a video of a user-defined virtual reality scene are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a scene definition; obtain camera information for multiple virtual cameras to be used in generating a two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene; execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; obtain camera timing instructions specifying which of the virtual cameras should be used to generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene as a function of progress through the scene duration; generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene in accordance with the camera timing instructions and the camera information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Gil Baron, Daniel Andrew Bellezza, Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar, Jason Zesheng Hwang, John Henry Kanikula Peters, Nhan Van Khong, Christopher Robert Laubach, Gregory Scott Pease, Jonathan Michael Ross
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Patent number: 11676353Abstract: Systems and methods configured to facilitate animation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first scene definition; receive second entity information; integrate the second entity information into the first scene definition such that a second scene definition is generated; for each of the entities of the entity information, execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the second scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; for each of the entities of the entity information, analyze the second scene definition for deviancy between the given entity and the second motion capture information; for each of the entities of the entity information, indicate, based on the analysis for deviancy, the given entity as deviant; and for each of the entities of the entity information, re-integrate the given entity into the second scene definition.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Mindshow Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar
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Patent number: 11631201Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a video of a user-defined virtual reality scene are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a scene definition; obtain camera information for multiple virtual cameras to be used in generating a two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene; execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; obtain camera timing instructions specifying which of the virtual cameras should be used to generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene as a function of progress through the scene duration; generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene in accordance with the camera timing instructions and the camera information.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Mindshow Inc.Inventors: Gil Baron, Daniel Andrew Bellezza, Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar, Jason Zesheng Hwang, John Henry Kanikula Peters, Nhan Van Khong, Christopher Robert Laubach, Gregory Scott Pease, Jonathan Michael Ross
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Publication number: 20220351471Abstract: Systems and methods configured to facilitate animation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first scene definition; receive second entity information; integrate the second entity information into the first scene definition such that a second scene definition is generated; for each of the entities of the entity information, execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the second scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; for each of the entities of the entity information, analyze the second scene definition for deviancy between the given entity and the second motion capture information; for each of the entities of the entity information, indicate, based on the analysis for deviancy, the given entity as deviant; and for each of the entities of the entity information, re-integrate the given entity into the second scene definition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar
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Publication number: 20220309717Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a video of a user-defined virtual reality scene are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a scene definition; obtain camera information for multiple virtual cameras to be used in generating a two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene; execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; obtain camera timing instructions specifying which of the virtual cameras should be used to generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene as a function of progress through the scene duration; generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene in accordance with the camera timing instructions and the camera information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Gil Baron, Daniel Andrew Bellezza, Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar, Jason Zesheng Hwang, John Henry Kanikula Peters, Nhan Van Khong, Christopher Robert Laubach, Gregory Scott Pease, Jonathan Michael Ross
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Patent number: 11403785Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a video of a user-defined virtual reality scene are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a scene definition; obtain camera information for multiple virtual cameras to be used in generating a two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene; execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; obtain camera timing instructions specifying which of the virtual cameras should be used to generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene as a function of progress through the scene duration; generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene in accordance with the camera timing instructions and the camera information.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Mindshow Inc.Inventors: Gil Baron, Daniel Andrew Bellezza, Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar, Jason Zesheng Hwang, John Henry Kanikula Peters, Nhan Van Khong, Christopher Robert Laubach, Gregory Scott Pease, Jonathan Michael Ross
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Patent number: 11380076Abstract: Systems and methods configured to facilitate animation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first scene definition; receive second entity information; integrate the second entity information into the first scene definition such that a second scene definition is generated; for each of the entities of the entity information, execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the second scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; for each of the entities of the entity information, analyze the second scene definition for deviancy between the given entity and the second motion capture information; for each of the entities of the entity information, indicate, based on the analysis for deviancy, the given entity as deviant; and for each of the entities of the entity information, re-integrate the given entity into the second scene definition.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Mindshow Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar
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Publication number: 20220012948Abstract: Systems and methods configured to facilitate animation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first scene definition; receive second entity information; integrate the second entity information into the first scene definition such that a second scene definition is generated; for each of the entities of the entity information, execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the second scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; for each of the entities of the entity information, analyze the second scene definition for deviancy between the given entity and the second motion capture information; for each of the entities of the entity information, indicate, based on the analysis for deviancy, the given entity as deviant; and for each of the entities of the entity information, re-integrate the given entity into the second scene definition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar
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Patent number: 11043041Abstract: Systems and methods configured to facilitate animation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first scene definition; receive second entity information; integrate the second entity information into the first scene definition such that a second scene definition is generated; for each of the entities of the entity information, execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the second scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; for each of the entities of the entity information, analyze the second scene definition for deviancy between the given entity and the second motion capture information; for each of the entities of the entity information, indicate, based on the analysis for deviancy, the given entity as deviant; and for each of the entities of the entity information, re-integrate the given entity into the second scene definition.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Mindshow Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar