Patent ID: 6466215
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An animation creating apparatus comprising:a storage unit storing animation parts indicative of a series of actions and expressions of a person divided into a plurality of frames and storing attribute values of said animation parts; an entry unit entering said animation part attribute values in accordance with proceeding of a story; and an arithmetic unit selecting animation parts from said storage unit using said animation part attribute values entered through said entry unit, said arithmetic unit linking thus selected said animation parts together to create an animation in conformity with said story, wherein said storage unit stores attribute values of the foremost frame and the endmost frame, of said plurality of frames providing said animated parts, and wherein upon the selection of animation parts from said storage unit, said arithmetic unit judges whether connectivity of animation parts is good or poor on the basis of attribute values in the current step and in the preceding step, said arithmetic unit, when poor connectively is judged, changing the attribute value to reselect another animation part for better connectivity.