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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2018
Applicant:

Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hariharan Subramonyam, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Eytan Adar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Lubomira Assenova Dontcheva, Seattle, WA (US);

Wilmot Wei-Mau Li, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G06F 17/272 (2013.01); G06T 2213/08 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques described herein relate to a streamlined animation production workflow that integrates script drafting, performance, and editing. A script including animation events is parsed to encode the animation events into nodes of a story model. The animation events are automatically triggered by a performance as a playhead advances through the story model and identifies active node(s). A command interface accepts various commands that allow a performer to act as a director by controlling recording and playback. Recording binds a generated animation event to each active node. Playback triggers generated animation events for active nodes. An animated movie is assembled from the generated animation events in the story model. The animated movie can be presented as a live preview to provide feedback to the performer, and a teleprompter interface can guide a performer by presenting and advancing the script to follow the performance.


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