Patent ID: 6307563
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
An apparatus for controlling a motion of a computer graphics model having a skeleton structure constituted by a plurality of articular elements manipulatable according to state values thereof, the apparatus comprising:input means having a plurality of control units that correspond to the articular elements of the skeleton structure, each of which is operable for time-sequentially inputting a control amount for its corresponding articular element;assignment means for providing assignment information which determines correspondence between the control units of the input means and the articular elements of the computer graphics model;parameter means for providing a functional parameter which determines a relation between the control amount of each control unit and the state value of each corresponding articular element when the correspondence is determined between each control unit and each articular element according to the assignment information; andconverter means operative based on the functional parameter for converting the control amount time-sequentially inputted by each control unit into a time-series of the state value of each corresponding articular element so that each corresponding articular element can be manipulated according to its time-series of the state value to effectuate the motion of the computer graphics model in real time, wherein the control amount time-sequentially inputted by each control unit is provided continuously and in real time, the time-series of the state value of each corresponding articular element being converted from the control amount continuously and in parallel with the control amount.