Patent ID: 11972515
Assignee: ILLUSCIO, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an animation system, cause the animation system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a point cloud comprising a plurality of points that are distributed across a three-dimensional (“3D”) space and that collectively represent a 3D object;
defining an animation element that is separate from the plurality of points of the point cloud;
defining an animation for the animation element, wherein the animation specifies a change to a position, shape, or form of the animation element in the 3D space over a period of time;
linking a set of points from the plurality of points to the animation element;
adjusting an application of the animation from the animation element to a first subset of points from the set of points based on a selection of the first subset of points that is made using an adjustment tool; and
rendering the animation by changing a position, shape, or form of a second subset of points from the set of points according to the animation that is defined for the animation element and by changing a position, shape, or form of the first subset of points according to the animation as adjusted by the adjustment tool, wherein the second subset of points does not include points in the first subset of points.