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Method for animating characters, with collision avoidance based on tracing information

US9460540B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Zhijin Xia · Beijing, CN
Jun Teng · Beijing, CN
Kangying Cai · Rennes, FR
Zhibo Chen · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2011
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2210/21
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a moving direction or moving velocity for a character in a group comprises reading tracing information from a cell in a terrain map on which the character is located, determining if collision avoidance is needed, and if a collision avoiding maneuver is necessary then updating the tracing information in the current terrain cell.

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