Patent ID: 7570264
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of creating a baked component approximating the behavior of a model component used to determine a pose of a character model, the method comprising: identifying at least a portion of the character model associated with the model component; manipulating the character model through each of a set of training poses, wherein the set of training poses are representative of a range of motion of the character model and defined by a set of inputs; determining a set of posing corrections from the set of training poses for at least one point of the character model, wherein each of the set of posing corrections is at least one difference in position of the point of a character model from a geometrically posed position to at least one position specified by the model component; and analyzing the set of posing corrections using a processor to determine a baked component specifying a relationship between the set of inputs and the set of posing corrections, wherein analyzing includes performing a non-linear regression analysis of the set of posing corrections against the set of inputs.