Patent ID: 7256787

Claim:
A method to imitate lifelike images for computer deformed objects, and the method comprising: (1) selecting a number of significant points on a surface of an object; (2) categorizing the significant points into a number of measurable points and a number of specific points; (3) defining a relationship between the measurable points and the specific points with a statistic regression analysis by a. changing the surface of the object to create a series of base deformations; b. measuring displacements of all the measurable points and the specific points for each of the base deformations; and c. using the statistic regression analysis to define the relationship by analyzing the measured positions of all the measurable points and the specific points for each base expression; (4) creating a table of weighted values for the specific points based on solving the statistic regression analysis; and (5) animating a deformed object with following steps: a. changing the surface of the object; b. measuring displacements of the measurable points; c. calculating predict positions of the specific points with the measured displacements of the measurable points and the table of weighted values; and d. using measured positions of all the measurable points and the calculated positions of all the specific points to create the deformed object.