Patents
US 10896112 B2: Visualization tool for parallel dependency graph evaluation
- Granted
- 2021-01-19
- Filed
- 2017-06-09 application 15619284
- Type
- Utility · 29 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and processes providing a tool for visualizing parallel dependency graph evaluation in computer animation are provided. Runtime evaluation data of a parallel dependency graph may be collected, including the start time and stop time for each node in the graph. The visualization tool may process the data to generate performance visualizations as well as other analysis features. Performance visualizations may illustrate the level of concurrency over time during parallel dependency graph evaluation. Performance visualizations may be generated by graphing node blocks according to node start time and stop time as well as the level of concurrency at a given time to illustrate parallelism. Performance visualizations may enable character technical directors, character riggers, programmers, and other users to evaluate how well parallelism is expressed in parallel dependency graphs in computer animation.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210119.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Watt | Glendale, CA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brendan Duncan | Redwood City, CA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F11/323 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T11/206 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-16 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | WATT, MARTIN PETER signed 2013-05-23 DUNCAN, BRENDAN signed 2013-06-12 | DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC GLENDALE, CA | 42877/329 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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