Multiple instantiable effects in a hair/fur pipeline

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8624889
APP PUB NO 20070291050A1
SERIAL NO

11880594

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A surface definition module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to define a surface. An interpolation module may be used to interpolate at least one final hair on the surface based upon at least one control hair. An effects module including an effects pipeline may be utilized to apply a plurality of effects to the final hair in a user-defined order to generate a modified final hair that may be ultimately rendered.

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  • SONY CORPORATION;SONY ELECTRONICS INC.;SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bruderlin, Armin Walter Culver City, US 11 100
Chardavoine, Francois Los Angeles, US 8 57
Chua, Clint Alhambra, US 9 76
Melich, Gustav Playa del Rey, US 8 57

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