ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,602, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Roblox Corp. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Inferred skeletal structure for practical 3D assets" was invented by Sergei Makeev (Foster City, Calif.), Adrian Paul Longland (Redwood City, Calif.), Jovanni Antonio Cutigni (San Mateo, Calif.), Satheesh Subramanian (San Ramon, Calif.) and David B. Baszucki (Portola Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for inferring a skeletal structure to create a practical 3D asset. A user may create an avatar using different parts from different parent models. Upon creation, a data model ...