Inventor · Zürich, CH

Robert Sumner

52Patents
7h-index
75Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 18, 2010 → Jan 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8576235B1 Visibility transition planning for dynamic camera control Human Necessities 39 Active
US9142056B1 Mixed-order compositing for images having three-dimensional painting effects Physics 20 Active
US9196089B2 Techniques for processing reconstructed three-dimensional image data Physics 16 Active
US9846965B2 Augmented reality device with predefined object data Physics 13 Active
US8988461B1 3D drawing and painting system with a 3D scalar field Physics 12 Active
US9741145B2 Augmented reality simulation continuum Physics 12 Active
US9171390B2 Automatic and semi-automatic generation of image features suggestive of motion for computer-generated images and video Physics 9 Active
US9317970B2 Coupled reconstruction of hair and skin Electricity 6 Active
US8611674B1 System and method for invariant-based normal estimation Physics 6 Active
US9679547B1 Augmented reality music composition Physics 6 Active
US8766982B2 Vectorization of line drawings using global topology and storing in hybrid form Physics 4 Active
US8670606B2 System and method for calculating an optimization for a facial reconstruction based on photometric and surface consistency Physics 4 Active
US9164723B2 Virtual lens-rendering for augmented reality lens Physics 3 Active
US9652895B2 Augmented reality image transformation Physics 3 Active
US8624891B2 Iterative reprojection of images Electricity 3 Active
US9092903B2 Metabrushes for digital painting Physics 3 Active
US10445940B2 Modeling interactions between simulated characters and real-world objects for more realistic augmented reality Physics 2 Active
US10282882B2 Augmented reality simulation continuum Physics 2 Active
US10885708B2 Automated costume augmentation using shape estimation Physics 2 Active
US10217289B2 Augmented reality device with predefined object data Physics 2 Active
US9733790B2 Haptic interface for population of a three-dimensional virtual environment Physics 2 Active
US9519988B2 Subspace clothing simulation using adaptive bases Physics 1 Active
US10262642B2 Augmented reality music composition Physics 1 Active
US9892539B2 Fast rig-based physics simulation Physics 1 Active
US8633926B2 Mesoscopic geometry modulation Electricity 1 Active

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