Patent ID: 7184047

Claim:
An apparatus for generating computer models of individuals for generating graphical representations of individuals in different poses comprising: storage means for storing a computer model of a generic person; means for generating representations of a computer model of the surface of a person in poses in accordance with pose instructions identifying the orientation of a model's limbs in a pose; data input means for obtaining data representative of the surface of an individual in a pose; pose calculation means for determining the orientations of an individual's limbs in a pose adopted by an individual in the data obtained by said data input means; comparison means for comparing said obtained data and data generated by said means for generating representations of said model of a person in a pose in which the model's limbs are oriented in accordance with the orientations determined by said pose calculation means, and model generation means operable to utilize said comparison by said comparison means to generate a computer model of said individual for generating computer graphical representations of said individual in different poses.