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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Weta Digital Limited, Wllington, NZ;
Inventors:
Assignee:
WETA DIGITAL LIMITED, Wellington, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 13/80 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an animator is provided with an indication when a model's component such as a joint or limb is being moved or twisted in a way that would be unnatural and cause unusual stress on the model component. For example, as a shoulder joint is stressed by moving an arm in an extreme position a yellow bar or coloring of the shoulder, arm or other component can grow increasingly bright and shift to red just before a breaking point is reached. An animator can choose to go past the breaking point and the breaking can be modeled and incorporated into the animation.