Patent Document ID: 20050270295
Application ID: 11118687
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A blending method comprising: providing a set of examples that pertain to a shape or motion that is to be animated, the examples being placed within a multi-dimensional abstract space, wherein each dimension of the abstract space is defined by at least one of an adjective and an adverb, each adjective and adverb representing a respective axis in the multi-dimensional abstract space; selecting a point within the multi-dimensional abstract space that does not coincide with a point that is associated with any of the examples, the selected point corresponding to a shape or motion within the abstract space; computing a single weight value for each of the examples; and combining the single weight values for each of the examples in a manner that defines an interpolated shape or motion that is a blended combination of each of the examples of the set of examples.