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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2007
Eric Gregory, Larkspur, CA (US);
Michael Ferris, Oakland, CA (US);
Robert Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Oren Jacob, Piedmont, CA (US);
Eric Gregory, Larkspur, CA (US);
Michael Ferris, Oakland, CA (US);
Robert Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Oren Jacob, Piedmont, CA (US);
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
The components of a computer graphics scene can be organized using multiple independent graphs. Each component can include graph relationship attributes specifying its location in one or more graphs. Graph can be utilized for any purpose within the digital production pipeline. A component can include any number of graph relationship attributes. The number and type of graph relationship attributes can be different for each component. Software tools can access one or more graphs to determine structural or functional relationships between components. Software tools can enforce policies for a graph independent of other graphs. Software tools can optimize the components of a graph independent of other graphs. A graph relationship attribute of a component can include optional parameter data to specify properties of the relationship between two or more components. Layer data structures including opinions of value can specify graph relationships.