Patent ID: 11948240
Assignee: O3 STORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. A system for computer animation, the system comprising:
at least one memory with instructions stored thereon; and
at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
assign at least one deformer instance to an asset mesh structure, wherein the at least one deformer instance includes a plurality of deformer channels, and wherein at least one deformer channel of the plurality of deformer channels is associated with a portion of the asset mesh structure and configured to adjust a visual appearance of the associated portion of the asset mesh structure;
optimize execution of an order of operations for the at least one deformer instance at runtime by performing a machine-learning process to train an inference model by synthesizing a training set including channel value sets for the plurality of deformer channels;
determine to deform a region of the asset mesh structure defined proximate the portion of the asset mesh structure associated with the at least one deformer channel; and
based on a weight map associated with the region and the inference model:
cause a first portion of the region to be deformed to a first degree of deformation in response to deformation of the portion of the asset mesh structure; and
cause a second portion of the region to be deformed to a second degree of deformation in response to deformation of the portion of the asset mesh structure.