Patent ID: 7944449
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for exporting animation data from a first animation system to animation data for a second animation system in a computer system that is programmed to perform the method comprising: determining by the computer system, a first plurality of poses associated with an object in response to a first model for the object in the first animation system and to a plurality of animation variables associated with the object in the computer system; determining by the computer system, a second model for the object, wherein the second model comprises a geometric model of the object; determining by the computer system, a second plurality of poses associated with the object in response to the second model for the object and to the plurality of animation variables in the computer system; determining by the computer system, a plurality of surface errors in response to a comparison between the first plurality of poses and the second plurality of poses in the computer system; determining by the computer system, a plurality of corrective offsets associated with the object in response to the plurality of surface errors in the computer system; determining by the computer system, a plurality of actuation values associated with the plurality of corrective offsets in response to the plurality of surface errors and to the plurality of corrective offsets in the computer system; determining by the computer system, a third model for the object compatible with the second animation system in response to the second plurality of poses, the plurality of corrective offsets, and the plurality of actuation values in the computer system; and storing by the computer system, the third model for the object in a memory associated with the computer system.