Systems and methods for rigging a point cloud for animation
US11748930B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 2023 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/56
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a rigging system for animating the detached and non-uniformly distributed data points of a point cloud. In response to a selection of a region of space in which a first set of data points are located, the system may identify commonality in the positional or non-positional elements of a first subset of the first set of data points, and may determine that a second subset of the first set of data points lack the commonality. The system may refine the first set of data points to a second set of data points that includes the first subset of data points and that excludes the second subset of data points. The system may link the second set of data points to a bone of a skeletal framework, and may animate the second set of data points based on an animation that is defined for the bone.
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