System and method for driving artificial intelligence (AI) characters having continuous reevaluation of current goals and navigation path
US8257173B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/643
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method for driving an artificial intelligence (AI) character involving computing a navigational graph for a virtual environment and moving the AI character along a current path for an AI character from a current location to a current destination is disclosed. While moving the AI character along the current path the potential alternative destinations are continuously evaluated and a new destination or the current destination based upon a heuristic analysis of the alternative destinations and the current destination. The system also continuously determines whether the AI character can leave the current path.
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