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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fernando Ferrari De Goes, Kensington, CA (US);
Kurt W. Fleischer, Piedmont, CA (US);
William F. Sheffler, Lafayette, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/205 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for computer animation are disclosed. These techniques include receiving a plurality of curvenet segments relating to a computer animation model comprising a surface mesh, and generating a cut-mesh that cuts the surface mesh using the curvenet segments. The techniques further include computing a deformation of the plurality of curvenet segments to the surface mesh using the cut-mesh, and displaying the computer animation model in a pose based on the deformation.