Patent ID: 8004519
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of decorating a computer generated character with skin-attached features in computer graphics, the method comprising: defining a skin surface of the computer generated character, the skin surface being defined using a set of one or more connected parametric surfaces; placing feature locations for the features on the defined skin surface; placing guide locations for guides on the defined skin surface; partitioning the skin surface into a plurality of cells, each cell having a set of vertices, the set of vertices for each cell being a set of the guide locations; and determining, using a processor, interpolation weights for the feature locations using the guide locations and the plurality of cells, wherein the interpolation weights for a feature location are determined based on one or more relative distances of the feature location to the guide locations that define the vertices of the cell within which the feature location is located, wherein the one or more relative distances are ratios of distances.