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DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC

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114Patents
112Active
114Granted
59Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 31, 2003 → Apr 29, 2022 · 13 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7119829B2 Virtual conference room Electricity 81 Expired
US8026908B2 Illuminated surround and method for operating same for video and other displays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Active
US7515174B1 Multi-user video conferencing with perspective correct eye-to-eye contact Electricity 47 Active
US7292250B2 Character deformation pipeline for computer-generated animation Physics 19 Expired
US7545379B2 Artist directed volume preserving deformation and collision resolution for animation Physics 11 Active
US9721385B2 Generation of three-dimensional imagery from a two-dimensional image using a depth map Electricity 9 Active
US8587588B2 Ray-aggregation for ray-tracing during rendering of imagery Physics 8 Active
US7928985B2 Rigging for an animated character moving along a path Physics 7 Active
US9996975B2 Interactive multi-rider virtual reality ride system Physics 7 Active
US7782324B2 Non-hierarchical unchained kinematic rigging technique and system for animation Physics 6 Active
US8004519B2 Decorating computer generated character with surface-attached features Physics 6 Active
US9286709B2 Variable frame rate rendering and projection Physics 6 Active
US7859546B2 Placing skin-attached features on a computer generated character Physics 6 Active
US8576225B2 Seamless fracture in a production pipeline Physics 6 Active
US9165393B1 Measuring stereoscopic quality in a three-dimensional computer-generated scene Electricity 5 Active
US8391472B2 Acoustic echo cancellation solution for video conferencing Electricity 5 Active
US7872654B2 Animating hair using pose controllers Physics 4 Active
US9070222B2 Techniques for automating stereo settings for stereoscopic computer animation Electricity 4 Active
US10262448B2 Repurposing existing animated content Physics 3 Active
US10297064B2 Multi-representation dependency graphs Physics 3 Active
US8982157B2 Collision free construction of animated feathers Physics 3 Active
US9659398B2 Multiple visual representations of lighting effects in a computer animation scene Physics 3 Active
US8232999B2 Fast oceans at near infinite resolution Physics 3 Active
US9589382B2 Render setup graph Physics 2 Active
US10990505B2 Stipulated overrides with violation resolution Physics 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.