Sean T Jenkins

US Patent:

20090033662, Feb 5, 2009

Filed:

Aug 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/832569

Inventors:

John T. Murrah - Burbank CA, US
Henry Allen Driskill - Burbank CA, US
Colin Eckart - Burbank CA, US
Donald Adolph Lusinsky - Burbank CA, US
Sean D. Jenkins - Burbank CA, US
Patrick Dalton - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Incorporated - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06T 15/50

US Classification:

345426

Abstract:

A computer system comprises a memory configured to store a geometric description of an object, wherein the memory is configured to store a first set of parameters associated with a first artistic look, and wherein the memory is configured to store a second set of parameters associated with a second artistic look, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to determine a first set of rendered data in response to the first set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, wherein the processor is configured to determine a second set of rendered data in response to the second set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, and wherein the processor is configured to determine a visual representation for the object in response to the first set of rendered data and in response to the second set of rendered data.

US Patent:

20090033663, Feb 5, 2009

Filed:

Mar 4, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/074622

Inventors:

John T. Murrah - Studio City CA, US
Donald Adolph Lusinsky - Fullerton CA, US
Henry Allen Driskill - Valencia CA, US
Sean D. Jenkins - Sherman Oaks CA, US
Ernest Petti - Burbank CA, US
Lewis N. Siegel - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06T 15/60

US Classification:

345426

Abstract:

Objects are modeled and rendered using multiple surfaces to provide attributes used in rendering. In some embodiments, a reference surface for an object is defined, e.g., using conventional modeling techniques. One or more auxiliary surfaces are associated with portions of the reference surface. Some of the surface attributes (e.g., color, surface normal, texture, lighting) are associated with the reference surface, while other attributes (e.g., transparency) are associated with the cards. To render an image, a ray associated with a pixel is traced to its intersection with the reference surface and to its intersection with one of the auxiliary surfaces. The attributes associated with the reference surface are determined based on the intersection point of the ray with the reference surface, and the attributes associated with the auxiliary surface are determined based on the intersection point of the ray with the auxiliary surface.

US Patent:

20090033674, Feb 5, 2009

Filed:

Feb 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/072665

Inventors:

John T. Murrah - Studio City CA, US
Donald Adolph Lusinsky - Fullerton CA, US
Henry Allen Driskill - Valencia CA, US
Sean D. Jenkins - Sherman Oaks CA, US
Colin Eckart - Pasadena CA, US
Andrew Kinney - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345584

Abstract:

A surface normal map of an object can be interactively modified to create brushstroke-like textures. In one embodiment, surface normal components along the x, y, and z axes (in object coordinate space) are mapped onto red, green, and blue color components. The object's surface is displayed in an editing interface (e.g., a painting program) with colors indicating the surface normals. The user can then modify the surface normals to achieve a desired look for the object. The modified surface normals are stored with the object-model data and are used in rendering the object, helping to create a painted appearance.

US Patent:

20160371811, Dec 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun 16, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/741278

Inventors:

- Burbank CA, US
Sean JENKINS - Burbank CA, US

International Classification:

G06T 3/00
G06T 15/40
G06T 3/40

Abstract:

The disclosure provides an approach for approximating a fully calculated image sequence from a subset of calculated image data. In one configuration, a rendering application calculates, for each image in the image sequence, a subset of pixels including pixels previously occluded by object(s) in preceding images and pixels whose ages have exceeded a threshold value. The rendering application then approximates the remaining non-calculated image data by interpolating the image data that has been calculated and merges the calculated and approximated image data to obtain the final image sequence. In a particular configuration, entire images may be recalculated at regular intervals to prevent excessive image quality degradation. In another configuration, the recalculation of pixel data may be offset by randomly initializing pixel age values. In yet another configuration, a combination of recalculating entire images and refreshing pixels at offset intervals may be used.

US Patent:

20140327675, Nov 6, 2014

Filed:

Mar 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/219970

Inventors:

- Burbank CA, US
Christian Eisenacher - Burbank CA, US
Sean Jenkins - Sherman Oaks CA, US
Gregory Nichols - North Hollywood CA, US
Andrew Selle - Montrose CA, US
Charles Tappan - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06T 15/06
G06T 15/60
G06T 13/20

US Classification:

345426

Abstract:

There is provided a method for ray-mediated illumination control. The method includes identifying a first activation region corresponding to one of an origin and a destination of a ray, where the ray is described by a ray data associated with the ray. The method further includes identifying a second activation region corresponding to the other one of the origin and the destination of the ray, interpreting an illumination rule for the ray based on at least one of the first activation region and the second activation region, and modifying an illumination in one of the first activation region and the second activation region based on the illumination rule and the ray data.