Patent ID: 8125482
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system that facilitates display of an interactive, expressive animation, the system comprising: a processor; a first module configured to control the processor to insert a desired image onto a first window based on input from a user; a second module configured to control the processor to insert an expression text anchor and a pose text anchor onto a second window by selecting a desired emotion from a plurality of preselected emotions for the expressions text anchor and selecting a desired pose from a plurality of preselected poses for the pose text anchor; and a third module configured to control the processor to receive input from the user to drag a cursor over the second window wherein characteristics of the desired emotion and the desired pose associated with the expression text anchor and the pose text anchor are additively applied to the desired image based on a proximity of the cursor to the expression text anchor and the pose text anchor.