Patent ID: 6768489
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A63F,G06T

Abstract:
A method for controlling a posture of an articulated object in an animation production system, comprising the steps of:(a) inputting an initial configuration of the articulated object, a base point, an end point, a target point and a method for updating the posture; (b) determining whether the number of joints positioned between the base point and the end point is larger than or equal to three; (c) determining whether the method for updating the posture is a two-segment based or three-segment based method or another method when the number of the joints is smaller than or equal to two in the step (b); (d) determining the number of joints to be controlled between the base point and the end point when the method for updating the posture is the two-segment based or three-segment based method in the step (c); (e) performing a modification of the posture of the articulated object according to the two-segment based or three-segment based method when the number of the joints is smaller than or equal to two in the step (d); and (f) displaying the modified posture of the articulated object according to the two-segment based or three-segment based method on a screen when the modified posture thereof satisfies a predetermined terminal condition.