Patents
US 10803647 B1: Generating animation rigs using scriptable reference modules
- Granted
- 2020-10-13
- Filed
- 2019-04-04 application 16375740
- Type
- Utility · 24 claims
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Abstract
Systems and methods for generating an animation rig using scripted reference modules are disclosed. An embodiment includes obtaining a first reference module for generating a first node of a dependency graph, where the first reference module is a precomputed rig module corresponding to the first node, obtaining a second reference module for generating a second node of the dependency graph, where the second reference module is scripting language data executed for generating the second node, generating an association between the first node and the second node in response to an input defining the association, generating the animation rig using the first node and the second node, and providing the generated animation rig to a rig interface.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg201013.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC 108 patents | US company or organization | Glendale, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Bryson | Fawn Drive, AU | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T13/40 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/04845 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-04 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BRYSON, STUART signed 2019-04-04 | DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC GLENDALE, CA | 48807/72 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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