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US 10,148,904 B1Granted
Multi-track puppetry
AssigneeSwaybox Studios, Inc.
InventorsArthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson Mintz, Noah Scruggs, Christopher Armand
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Abstract
A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track, and combining the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character.
Claims20
A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising
- filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, the first portion of the puppet character including a first tracking marker;
- filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track the second portion of the puppet character including a second tracking marker;
- and
- electronically combining, using a processing device, the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character, wherein the first tracking marker is located adjacent to a location where the second portion of the puppet character will connect with the first portion of the puppet character after the assembling step, and the second tracking marker is located adjacent to a location where the first portion of the puppet character will connect with the second portion of the puppet character after the combining step.
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A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising
- filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, the first portion of the puppet character including a first tracking marker;
- filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track the second portion of the puppet character including a second tracking marker;
- electronically combining, using a processing device, the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character;
- and
- filming the same scene including a third portion of the puppet character on a third recording track and combining the third portion of the puppet character from the third recorded track together with first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track onto the single video recording of the scene with the assembled puppet character, wherein the portion of the puppet character has a third tracking marker.
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A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising
- filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, the first portion of the puppet character including a first tracking marker, wherein the tracking marker is one of:
- a three dimensional regular polygon, a sphere, and a two dimensional shape, and is substantially monochromatic;
- filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track the second portion of the puppet character including a second tracking marker;
- and
- electronically combining, using a processing device, the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character.
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A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising
- filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, the first portion of the puppet character including a first tracking marker, wherein the tracking marker, at least one of:
- emits and reflects a non-visual electromagnetic signal that is detected by a detector;
- filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track the second portion of the puppet character including a second tracking marker;
- and
- electronically combining, using a processing device, the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character.
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A method of creating a video of a puppet character comprising
- filming a scene including a first portion of a puppet character on a first recorded track, the first portion of the puppet character including a first tracking marker, wherein the tracking marker detects its own three dimensional location, including at least one of records and transmits its three dimensional location during filming the scene;
- filming the same scene including a second portion of the puppet character on a second recorded track the second portion of the puppet character including a second tracking marker;
- and electronically combining, using a processing device, the first portion of the puppet character from the first recorded track and the second portion of the puppet character from the second recorded track together onto a single video recording of the scene with an assembled puppet character.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.