Patents by Inventor Xu Xianghao

Xu Xianghao 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).

  • Precomputed environment semantics for contact-rich character animation
    Patent number: 10713832
    Abstract: A method of identifying locations in a virtual environment where a motion sequence can be performed by an animated character may include accessing the motion sequence for the animated character, identifying a plurality of contact locations in the motion sequence where the animated character contacts surfaces in virtual environments, accessing the virtual environment comprising a plurality of surfaces, and identifying the locations in the virtual environment where the motion sequence can be performed by the animated character by identifying surfaces in the plurality of surfaces that match the plurality of contact locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich
    Inventors: Robert Sumner, Xu Xianghao, Stelian Coros, Mubbasir Turab Kapadia
  • PRECOMPUTED ENVIRONMENT SEMANTICS FOR CONTACT-RICH CHARACTER ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20170337723
    Abstract: A method of identifying locations in a virtual environment where a motion sequence can be performed by an animated character may include accessing the motion sequence for the animated character, identifying a plurality of contact locations in the motion sequence where the animated character contacts surfaces in virtual environments, accessing the virtual environment comprising a plurality of surfaces, and identifying the locations in the virtual environment where the motion sequence can be performed by the animated character by identifying surfaces in the plurality of surfaces that match the plurality of contact locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Sumner, Xu Xianghao, Stelian Coros, Mubbasir Turab Kapadia