Patent ID: 7764288
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method performed by a computer system programmed to perform the method includes: determining by the computer system an animation variable response subspace within an animation variable response space associated with an animation variable, in response to a set of training data for the animation variable stored in a memory; determining by the computer system a set of characteristic calculation key points configured to allow navigation within the animation variable response subspace; calculating by the computer system animation variable response values for the set of characteristic calculation key points in the animation variable response subspace for a specific frame of animation in response to input data for the animation variable; predicting by the computer system animation variable response values for a set of points within the animation variable response space for the specific frame of animation in response to animation variable response values for at least some of the set of characteristic calculation key points in the animation variable response subspace; determining by the computer system a difference between a predicted animation variable response value and a calculated animation variable response value for a point in the set of points and in the set of characteristic calculation key points; and when the difference exceeds a first threshold difference, combining by the computer system the predicted animation variable response value and the calculated animation variable response value to form the animation variable response value for the point for the specific frame of animation.