Hidetaka Yosumi

US Patent:

20090251462, Oct 8, 2009

Filed:

Apr 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/420014

Inventors:

Clay Kaytis - Burbank CA, US
John Edgar Park - Burbank CA, US
Gene Lee - Burbank CA, US
Philippe Brochu - Burbank CA, US
Hidetaka Yosumi - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06T 15/00

US Classification:

345419

Abstract:

A method of manipulating at least a portion of a character model into a pose involving a library data having a plurality of deformations, where each deformation is associated with index values of one or more distance measurement nodes. One or more distance measurement nodes are defined for the portion of the character model, wherein each distance measurement node comprises a number of points on a surface defined by the geometry of the character model, wherein the points are separated by a distance value. A particular pose is selected for the character model portion to establish an initial model by selecting values for the pose controls. For the particular pose, a value of the distance measurement nodes is determined. At least one deformation is selected from the library data based in the value of the distance measurement nodes and applied to the initial model to generate a deformed model.