Patent Document ID: 20100134490
Application ID: 12625553
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for automatically generating an animation-ready 3D character model in response to user defined model parameters and clothing selections, comprising: an application server configured to receive the user defined model parameters and the clothing selection via a user interface; wherein the application server includes a generative model and the application server is configured to generate a 3D anatomical mesh based upon the user defined model parameters using the generative model; wherein the application server includes at least one clothing mesh template including a clothing mesh, a template skeleton, and skinning weights and the application server is configured to apply the clothing mesh from the clothing mesh template corresponding to the user clothing selection to the generated 3D anatomical mesh to create a clothed mesh; wherein the application server is configured to adjust the template skeleton of the clothing mesh template corresponding to the user clothing selection based upon the shape of the clothed mesh; wherein the application server is configured to generate skinning weights based upon the skinning weights of the clothing mesh template corresponding to the user clothing selection; wherein the application server stores an animation-ready 3D character model including the clothed mesh, the adjusted skeleton, and the generated skinning weights.