Patent ID: 11954814
Assignee: WOMBAT STUDIO, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computer graphics production control method comprising:
receiving a computer model of a deformable character and modeling (1) a bone structure having plural bones and (2) skin, surrounding the bone structure, having plural skin regions such that skin regions of the plural skin regions are moved in relation to movements of respective bones of the plural bones;
providing a user interface for receiving input from a user for controlling the deformable character using a set of control points for controlling the plural bones, wherein the user interface includes a draggable head control point for bending a neck of the plural bones and a rotatable neck control point, separate from the head control point, as the set of control points; and
displaying the deformable character in a computer graphics environment in response to the input received from the user using the user interface,
wherein the plural bones for modeling the deformable character include (1) a first set of bones forming an entirety of a neck and (2) a second set of bones connected to an atlanto-occipital joint, and
wherein providing the user interface including the draggable head control point for bending the neck of the plural bones and the rotatable neck control point comprises:
providing the neck control point for rotationally controlling the first set of bones, and
providing the head control point for controlling the second set of bones when rotated and controlling the first set of bones when dragged.