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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P Simons, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Scott S Snibbe, Seatle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345442 ; 345473 ;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for reparameterizing a parametric function representing an animation feature in an animation system where the parametric function is represented by a curve having unequal arc-length per unit parameter. The system samples at intervals of the parameter along the length of the curve and then calculates the arc-length over each interval. Thereafter, one or more differentiable curves are fitted to the parameter, arc-length pairs.