Patent Document ID: 9824480
Application ID: 15268334

Base Claim:
1. A method for chaining animations, the method comprising: receiving image data that is representative of captured motion; selecting a pre-canned animation; based at least in part on a transition point, generating a chained animation wherein: the transition point is based, at least in part, on one or more parameters of the captured motion; at least a first portion of the captured motion is represented by the pre-canned animation that replaces the first portion of the captured motion; and at least a second portion of the captured motion is represented by an animation that corresponds to the captured motion; and rendering the chained animation, wherein the chained animation comprises a blending of the first and second portions.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering the chained animation comprises blending parameters of the captured motion to at least one of initial parameters of the pre-canned animation or ending parameters of the pre-canned animation.