Inventor · Clyde Hill, WA, US

Steve Sullivan

40Patents
13h-index
32Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 9, 2001 → Apr 10, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6633294B1 Method and apparatus for using captured high density motion for animation Physics 395 Expired
US8144153B1 Model production for animation libraries Physics 80 Active
US7573475B2 2D to 3D image conversion Electricity 77 Active
US8207971B1 Controlling animated character expressions Physics 62 Active
US8130225B2 Using animation libraries for object identification Physics 47 Active
US8624904B1 Controlling animated character expressions Physics 40 Active
US9256973B2 Controlling animated character expression Physics 36 Active
US8964052B1 Controlling a virtual camera Physics 34 Active
US8854376B1 Generating animation from actor performance Physics 26 Active
US8199152B2 Combining multiple session content for animation libraries Physics 26 Active
US8019137B2 Three-dimensional motion capture Physics 16 Active
US8681158B1 Using animation libraries for object identification Physics 16 Active
US9142024B2 Visual and physical motion sensing for three-dimensional motion capture Physics 14 Active
US9646410B2 Mixed three dimensional scene reconstruction from plural surface models Physics 13 Active
US8674998B1 Snapshot keyframing Physics 13 Active
US7848564B2 Three-dimensional motion capture Physics 12 Active
US8035643B2 Animation retargeting Physics 11 Active
US10142561B2 Virtual-scene control device Physics 11 Active
US9424679B2 Three-dimensional motion capture Physics 9 Active
US8908960B2 Three-dimensional motion capture Physics 9 Active
US8253728B1 Reconstituting 3D scenes for retakes Physics 9 Active
US8941665B1 Model production for animation libraries Physics 9 Active
US8542236B2 Generating animation libraries Physics 8 Active
US9342912B1 Animation control retargeting Physics 7 Active
US8928674B1 Combining multiple session content for animation libraries Physics 5 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.