Patent ID: 6549206
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
Animation data signal of a graphic scene, designed for means for constructing images capable of being presented on at least one screen, the graphic scene to be animated having previously been loaded into said image construction means as a set of objects, at least some of which having their own identification, comprising:a single animation mask, delivered in advance to the animation, and allocating to at least one of the objects an elementary mask comprising: the identifier of the object as defined in the graphic scene to be animated; and a description of at least one dynamic characterization field of the object, representing a characteristic of the object that can be modified; and animation frames, comprising, according to the order defined by the mask, data updating said dynamic characterization fields of the objects, such as to permit their modification, said construction means decoding the data of the animation mask, and initializing the animation using the mask, and updating said scene according to said animation frames.