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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Kiran S. Bhat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Koperwas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rachel M. Rose, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jung-seung Hong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frederic P. Pighin, Sausalito, CA (US);
Christopher David Twigg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cary Phillips, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Steve Sullivan, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Kiran S. Bhat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Koperwas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rachel M. Rose, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jung-Seung Hong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frederic P. Pighin, Sausalito, CA (US);
Christopher David Twigg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cary Phillips, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Steve Sullivan, Mill Valley, CA (US);
LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a computing device that includes a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions to perform a method that includes receiving multiple representations of one or more expressions of an object. Each representation includes position information attained from one or more images of the object. The method also includes producing an animation model from one or more groups of controls that respectively define each of the one or more expressions of the object as provided by the multiple representations. Each control of each group of controls has an adjustable value that defines the geometry of at least one shape of a portion of the respective expression of the object. Producing the animation model includes producing one or more corrective shapes if the animation model is incapable of accurately presenting the one or more expressions of the object as provided by the multiple representations.