John Anderson
64Patents
13h-index
36Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 2, 1975 → May 8, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6633294B1 | Method and apparatus for using captured high density motion for animation | Physics | 395 | Expired |
| US8674270B2 | Cooking appliance with programmable recipe system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 97 | Active |
| US4968216A | Two-stage fluid driven turbine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 70 | Expired |
| US4728153A | Cylindrical retainer for a cutting bit | Fixed Constructions | 59 | Expired |
| US8648863B1 | Methods and apparatus for performance style extraction for quality control of animation | Physics | 28 | Active |
| US7944449B2 | Methods and apparatus for export of animation data to non-native articulation schemes | Physics | 26 | Active |
| US7098910B2 | Hair rendering method and apparatus | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US7327360B2 | Hair rendering method and apparatus | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US5197622A | Vent pressure relief device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US7515155B2 | Statistical dynamic modeling method and apparatus | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US7184043B2 | Color compensated translucent object rendering methods and apparatus | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7176918B2 | Three-dimensional paint projection weighting of diffuse and scattered illumination methods and apparatus | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7468730B2 | Volumetric hair simulation | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US7450122B2 | Volumetric hair rendering | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US7019744B2 | Method and apparatus for rendering of translucent objects using volumetric grids | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US7864176B2 | Translucent object rendering methods and apparatus | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US8054311B1 | Rig baking for arbitrary deformers | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US7443394B2 | Method and apparatus for rendering of complex translucent objects using multiple volumetric grids | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US3959684A | Miniature lamp construction and method of manufacture | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7307633B2 | Statistical dynamic collisions method and apparatus utilizing skin collision points to create a skin collision response | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US8390629B2 | Methods and apparatus for designing animatronics units from articulated computer generated characters | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US7349832B2 | Water particle manipulation | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US8698810B2 | Reorienting properties in hair dynamics | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9907332B2 | Decorating system for edible items | Human Necessities | 5 | Active |
| US7483030B2 | Interactive spacetime constraints: wiggly splines | Physics | 5 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.