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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2009
Oren Jacob, Piedmont, CA (US);
Eric Gregory, Larkspur, CA (US);
Michael Ferris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Timothy S. Milliron, Oakland, CA (US);
Brad Andalman, Oakland, CA (US);
Oren Jacob, Piedmont, CA (US);
Eric Gregory, Larkspur, CA (US);
Michael Ferris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Timothy S. Milliron, Oakland, CA (US);
Brad Andalman, Oakland, CA (US);
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A user interface presents views of entities and their attributes relative to any subset of associated parameters. A view may present views of entities as a function of one or more parameters. A selection of a subset of entities in one view with respect to parameters may be presented in another view with respect to different parameters. Entities may be manipulated in any supplemental view to change their values or their parameter associations. A view may present components and parameters associated with layers or any subset of layers and/or after layer compositing. A view can include resolved values of components and their attributes. A supplemental view may include visual indicators to indicate the layer or other parameter defining its resolved value. Hierarchical relationships may be presented in views, with ancestor entities expanded within a view to show its descendent entities or collapsed to hide its descendent entities.