ANIMATION TOOLS

Patent Number    Patent Title
6,342,887 Method for reproducing lighting effects in animated objects
6,232,966 Method and system for generating comic panels
6,224,387 Pictorial tour process and applications thereof
6,166,748 Interface for a high performance low cost video game system with coprocessor providing high speed efficient 3D graphics and digital audio signal processing
6,160,907 Iterative three-dimensional process for creating finished media content
6,163,322 Providing real-time animation using a database of postures
6,121,953 Virtual reality system for sensing facial movements
6,072,496 Capturing and representing 3D geometry, color and shading of facial expressions and other animated objects
6,072,467 Continuously variable control of animated on-screen characters
6,054,999 Computer supported animation
6,040,841 Virtual cinematography
6,020,892 Producing and controlling animated facial representations
5,986,675 Animating an object in three-dimensional space using a two-dimensional input device
5,923,400 Real-time film animation technique
5,830,065 User image integration into audiovisual presentation system
5,729,669 Displaying movies using Z-data information
5,696,892 Providing animation in a three-dimensional computer generated virtual world using a succession of textures derived from temporally related source images
5,689,618 Advanced tools for speech synchronized animation
5,657,462 Displaying animated characters on a computer screen in which a composite video display is merged into a static background such that the border between the background and the video is indiscernible
5,613,056 Advanced tools for speech synchronized animation
5,261,041 Animation system based on definitional animated objects and methods of manipulating same
5,111,409 Authoring and use systems for sound synchronized animation
4,690,655 Talking marionette with theatre
4,660,033 Animation system for walk-around costumes
4,646,172 Video system and method
4,569,577 Photographic animation transfer process