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

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 12 wherein the energy function further comprises a gravitational term representative of gravitational forces acting on the cloth object and the energy function comprises an equation of the form:, E
  =
  
   
    
     k
     B
    
    (
    
     
      ∑
      
       verticies
       ,
       i
      
     
     
      E
      ⁡
      (
      
       v
       i
      
      )
     
    
    )
   
   +
   
    
     k
     S
    
    (
    
     
      ∑
      
       triangles
       ,
       j
      
     
     
      E
      ⁡
      (
      
       
        F
        j
       
       _
      
      )
     
    
    )
   
   +
   
    
     k
     g
    
    (
    
     
      ∑
      
       verticies
       ,
       i
      
     
     
      y
      i
     
    
    )
   
  
 

wherein: yi corresponds to gravitational forces experienced by the ith vertex; and kg is a configurable weight parameter corresponding to the corresponding to the gravitational energy.