Patent ID: 11861774
Assignee: DIGITAL DOMAIN VIRTUAL HUMAN (US), INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the energy function comprises an equation of the form:, E
     =
     
      
       
        k
        B
       
       (
       
        
         ∑
         
          verticies
          ,
          i
         
        
        
         E
         ⁡
         (
         
          v
          i
         
         )
        
       
       )
      
      +
      
       
        k
        S
       
       (
       
        
         ∑
         
          triangles
          ,
          j
         
        
        
         E
         ⁡
         (
         
          
           F
           j
          
          _
         
         )
        
       
       )
      
     
    
   
   
    
     (
     
      1
      ⁢
      B
     
     )
    
   
  
 

wherein: kB(Σverticles,iE(νi)) is the bending term; kS(Σtriangles,jE(Fj)) is the stretching term; kB is a configurable weight parameter corresponding to the bending energy; kS is a configurable weight parameter corresponding to the stretching energy; E(νi) is a bending energy metric of the cloth object at an ith cloth vertex νi; i is an index of the cloth vertices; E(Fj) is a stretching energy metric of the cloth object at a cloth triangle j; Fj is a deformation gradient tensor for the jth cloth triangle; and j is an index of the cloth triangles.