Projection mapping patent granted in the US

[MoRpH]

Anyone else seen the bullshit patent thats been awarded in the US for projection mapping?? Pretty much seems that @klipcollective has been granted a patent on something we all know has a long and varied history in our scene.

Rather ridiculous really, you can see there tweets here https://twitter.com/#!/klipcollective and tell them they are full of it....

Thanks to Josh Goldberg @wugmump for bringing it to my attention & I see @_vade is having words too.

I'm not sure how the rest of you feel but, as with many aspects of what we do there is a communal genepool to our art and this goes against everything that stands for

I think its our duty to seek out prior art to get rid of this greedy grab.

[vjair]

is there any deeper info on this and if / wether it affects any of us in what we do?

i wonder if the patent is still available on paper and pens....

[amoeba]

via Eric Basquez More extensive information... Seems like he really covered any aspects. http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...%2F20090091711

via Paul Stevenson Here ya go http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...S=PN%2F8066384

[Basquez]

Yeah, I am not okay with this patent and am going to do everything in my power to reverse it.

[deepvisual]

hopefully, they'll use their aug 2008 patent to sue me for this video I put online on 30 july 2008

advanced video mapping - YouTube

advanced video mapping - YouTube

and this video I put online on Nov 12 2007

Visual 3D Mapping in Modul8 - YouTube

Visual 3D Mapping in Modul8 - YouTube

this mapping job I did in 2000





and this one in 1998





or maybe the Taejon Expo in 1993 -





Photo taken August 6th 1993 at rehearsals for the opening show of the Taejon Expo. We can clearly see the skulls are mapped to fit the back of the stage set while the foreground 'monster' has been rotated in 3D to lie flat on the floor of the stage. Single composite image mapped to multiple surfaces via one high power projector.
Projection design and implementation by Gary Oldknow - deepvisual

[alfaleader]

The US patent system is really stupid. Patent trolls in vjing :S

In europe, this system works. If you invent something you will get royalties, but you can't patent things that are so widely used.

[vjneef]

stupid americans
didn't read the whole thing
but I cannot understand if there is one specific technical invention or if it's the specific combination of certain standard equipment that has been patented.
it shouldn't be hard to find examples of mapping before this patent, but does that make the the patent invalid?

[devonmiles]

seems like its more about a specific hardware software combo, which they developed for the task of projection mapping. something like the addict server or the hippo. all in all the bullshit detector senses a PR stunt, as claiming to have a patent on something stirs a lot more attention when approaching big corporate clients than just telling them, "uh we are doing this sort of projections on buildings, you know, like everyone else" .

[dEp]

fuck patents.

[PCProject]

Originally Posted by deepvisual

hopefully, they'll use their aug 2008 patent to sue me

Was it you who projected the Minsitry of Sound logo onto parliament in the early 90's?