Method for communicating and generating computer graphics animation data, and recording media
US6414684B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T13/40
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for communicating and generating computer graphics animation data relates to transmission and reception of computer graphics animation data in a system comprising a server computer, a client computer, and a communication mediating means between the server computer and the client computer and performing generation of a computer graphics animation image in the client computer, and this method comprises the following stages: first stage of performing, in the server computer, formation and edition of animation data comprising configuration data of an object, configuration data of an environment where the object exists, attribute data, light source data, camera parameters, shading method, environment setting, environment managing and controlling method, and time series motion data for generating a motion of the object corresponding to the behavior of the object in a time series, and storing the animation data in a storage unit; second stage of transmitting the animation data stored in the storage unit of the server computer, in response to a request for transmission from the client computer, from the server computer to the client computer; third stage of storing the transmitted…
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