Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Brian K. Guenter

46Patents
16h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 13, 1994 → Dec 24, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6072496A Method and system for capturing and representing 3D geometry, color and shading of facial expressions and other animated objects Physics 352 Expired
US5982389A Generating optimized motion transitions for computer animated objects Physics 120 Expired
US5793374A Specialized shaders for shading objects in computer generated images Physics 117 Expired
US7152024B2 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 96 Expired
US6606095B1 Compression of animated geometry using basis decomposition Electricity 79 Expired
US6850872B1 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 64 Expired
US5604856A Motion compensated noise reduction method and system for computer generated images Physics 43 Expired
US9727991B2 Foveated image rendering Physics 36 Active
US7124066B2 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 35 Expired
US7433807B2 Facial image processing Physics 30 Active
US7098920B2 Methods and systems for animating facial features and methods and systems for expression transformation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US10338677B2 Adjusting image frames based on tracking motion of eyes Physics 23 Active
US6298169A Residual vector quantization for texture pattern compression and decompression Physics 22 Expired
US7129949B2 Methods and systems for animating facial features, and methods and systems for expression transformation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US7492927B2 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 19 Active
US7450126B2 Methods and systems for animating facial features, and methods and systems for expression transformation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6950104B1 Methods and systems for animating facial features, and methods and systems for expression transformation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7363201B2 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 11 Expired
US10334181B2 Dynamically curved sensor for optical zoom lens Electricity 10 Active
US7158685B2 Demosaicing graphical content Physics 7 Expired
US10298840B2 Foveated camera for video augmented reality and head mounted display Electricity 6 Active
US7408548B2 Triangulating procedural geometric objects Physics 6 Expired
US10062727B2 Strain relieving die for curved image sensors Electricity 5 Active
US10354140B2 Video noise reduction for video augmented reality system Physics 5 Active
US9124797B2 Image enhancement via lens simulation Electricity 5 Active

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