System and method for visually tracking occluded objects in real time

N Jojic, MA Turk - US Patent 6,674,877, 2004 - Google Patents
In the following description of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying
drawings, which form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration a Specific …

Anthropometry-based skeleton fitting

V Ng-Thow-Hing, J Peng - US Patent 8,013,852, 2011 - Google Patents
This application is related to US provisional patent appli cation Ser. No. 60/400,650, filed on
Aug. 2, 2002, entitled “Skeleton Fitting from External Measurements, and US provisional …

Techniques and workflows for computer graphics animation system

DL Herman, MJ Oftedal - US Patent 9,216,351, 2015 - Google Patents
US9216351B2 - Techniques and workflows for computer graphics animation system -
Google Patents US9216351B2 - Techniques and workflows for computer graphics …

Converting deformation data for a mesh to animation data for a skeleton, skinning and shading in a runtime computer graphics animation engine

M Isner, JN von der Pahlen, TH Kang - US Patent 7,859,538, 2010 - Google Patents
Animation of an object from a character modeling and/or animation tool is converted from a
representation used by that tool to a representation used in a runtime animation system …

Function portions of animation program

SH Ferguson, BW Peebler, J Angell, M Craig… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention consists of an evaluation engine, which is a system for evaluating the
state of an animation at a specific time where secondary animation may be derived from the …

Non-hierarchical unchained kinematic rigging technique and system for animation

H Goldfarb - US Patent 7,782,324, 2010 - Google Patents
In computer enabled key frame animation, a method and associated system for rigging a
character so as to provide a large range of motion with great fluidity of motion. The rigging …

Creating a virtual representation based on camera data

PA Chou - US Patent App. 13/709,846, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0001. Some types of applications, such as gaming and immersive
teleconferencing, may create a virtual world that includes representations of one or more …

Techniques and workflows for computer graphics animation system

DL Herman, MJ Oftedal - US Patent 9,805,491, 2017 - Google Patents
The disclosed implementations describe techniques and workflows for a computer graphics
(CG) animation system. In some implementations, systems and methods are disclosed for …

Stroke-based posing of three-dimensional models

T Boylan - US Patent 7,248,270, 2007 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A posing system for three-dimensional characters and other models uses a
stroke-based gestural language to position elements of the characters in a three …

Method and system for viewing kinematic and kinetic information

C McGibbon, D Krebs, N Lue - US Patent App. 09/819,114, 2002 - Google Patents
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0005 The present invention addresses these drawbacks by
providing a full four-dimensional analysis (three space dimensions, one time dimension) of …