Controlling animated character expressions
US8207971B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T13/80
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system includes a computer system capable of representing one or more animated characters. The computer system includes a blendshape manager that combines multiple blendshapes to produce the animated character. The computer system also includes an expression manager to respectively adjust one or more control parameters associated with each of the plurality of blendshapes for adjusting an expression of the animated character. The computer system also includes a corrective element manager that applies one or more corrective elements to the combined blendshapes based upon at least one of the control parameters. The one or more applied corrective elements are adjustable based upon one or more of the control parameters absent the introduction of one or more additional control parameters.
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