Patent ID: 6356267
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An animation creating method comprising the steps of:connecting a plurality of vertices by polylines to create a polygon A on a computer so as to store shape information about said polygon A into a data table; creating a polyline sequence B which either starts from or ends at one of said vertices of said polygon A; if the starting point of said polyline A coincides with a first vertex of said polygon A and if the end point of said polyline sequence B coincides with a second vertex of said polygon A, then dividing said polygon A by said polyline sequence B into polygons A1 and A2 while deleting the shape information about said polygon A from said data table and storing shape information about said polygons A1 and A2 into said data table; and displaying the resulting polygons on a display on the basis of the stored shape information.