Patents by Inventor Yasuhito Suenaga

Yasuhito Suenaga 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).

  • Method for generating animations of a multi-articulated structure, recording medium having recorded thereon the same and animation generating apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 6104412
    Abstract: The present invention offers a method for generating animations of a multi-articulated structure, a recording medium with the method recorded therein and an animation generating apparatus using the method. Motions of rigid sticks which approximate the upper arm connected to the shoulder joint and the lower arm connected by the elbow joint to the upper arm are modeled, by an interpolation scheme and/or equations of motion based on laws of physics, as temporal changes in angular positions in their respective constraint planes and the generated results are combined and output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Tsutsuguchi, Yasuhito Suenaga, Yasuhiko Watanabe, Noboru Sonehara