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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Sumner, Zurich, CH;
Xu Xianghao, Zurich, CH;
Stelian Coros, Zurich, CH;
Mubbasir Turab Kapadia, New York, NY (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
ETH Zürich, Zürich, CH;
Abstract
A method of identifying locations in a virtual environment where a motion sequence can be performed by an animated character may include accessing the motion sequence for the animated character, identifying a plurality of contact locations in the motion sequence where the animated character contacts surfaces in virtual environments, accessing the virtual environment comprising a plurality of surfaces, and identifying the locations in the virtual environment where the motion sequence can be performed by the animated character by identifying surfaces in the plurality of surfaces that match the plurality of contact locations.