Patent ID: 11941739
Assignee: PIXAR
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A system for performing animation, the system comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive a set of input values for posing an initial mesh defining a surface of a three-dimensional object;
provide the set of input values to a neural network trained based upon training posed meshes generated using a rigging model to generate mesh offset values defined in three-dimensional space based upon the set of input values and the initial mesh, the neural network comprising an input layer, an output layer, and a plurality of intermediate layers;
generate, by the output layer of the neural network, a set of offset values corresponding to a set of three-dimensional target points based on the set of input values;
applying the offset values to the initial mesh to generate a posed mesh; and
output the posed mesh for generating an animation frame, wherein:
an intermediate layer adjacent to the output layer generates a set of weights; and
the output layer applies the set of weights to a respective set of blendshapes for generating the offset values for the posed mesh.