Patent · US Active

Method and device for generating morphing animation

US8531484B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
0References
30Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 2012
Grant dateSep 10, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 26, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T13/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for generating a morphing animation from multiple images, where the method includes: performing hue preprocessing on adjacent images among multiple images; determining the quantity of intermediate frames between the adjacent images according to a feature point differential of the adjacent images on which the hue preprocessing has been performed, generating, between the adjacent images through an image warping technology, intermediate frame images, the quantity of which is the same as that of the intermediate frames, insert the intermediate frame images between the adjacent images, and generate a morphing animation from the multiple images and the intermediate frame images that are inserted between all adjacent images among the multiple images. The morphing animation generated in the present invention is smooth and natural, thereby improving a morphing effect of the morphing animation.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.