US Patent Issued to Wombat Studio on May 12 for "Computer graphics production control system and method" (Arizona, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,472, issued on May 12, was assigned to Wombat Studio Inc. (Gilbert, Ariz.).

"Computer graphics production control system and method" was invented by Tianxin Dai (Gilbert, Ariz.), Aric G. S. Bartle (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Alexis R. Haraux (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer graphics production control system is configured to generate scenes (including three-dimensional, deformable characters ("3DD characters")) that can be manipulated to produce still images and/or animated videos. Such control systems may utilize 3DD characters that are controlled by a series of control points that are positioned and/or moved under the con...