Patent ID: 6466213
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for interactively creating an avatar, comprising:receiving an input from a user defining an avatar reference point; creating a head and a body of the avatar, the head and the body being independent, the head and the body tied to the avatar reference point; receiving at least one input from a user defining a plurality of control points for each of the head of the avatar and the body of the avatar; receiving at least one input from a user defining a plurality of polygons, each polygon associated with a physical feature of one of the head and the body of the avatar; receiving at least one input from a user associating each polygon with at least one of the plurality of control points of one of the head of the avatar and the body of the avatar; and associating, for each of at least one of the plurality of polygons, a range of motion indicator with that polygon.