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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Eyal Gever, Tel Aviv, IL;
Nir Hermoni, Ramat Gan, IL;
Orit Bergman, Tel Aviv, IL;
Gil Tayar, Giv'atayim, IL;
Eilon Reshef, Tel Aviv, IL;
Doron Gill, Giv'atayim, IL;
Addy Feuerstein, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yaron Caneti, Tel Aviv, IL;
Roy Oppenheim, Tel Aviv, IL;
Eran Etam, Tel Aviv, IL;
Zohar Shpeizer, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yoav Borer, Tel Aviv, IL;
Eyal Livine, K'far Saba, IL;
Ruth Kikin, Tel Aviv, IL;
Oren Zuckerman, Ramat Gan, IL;
Ron Kaas, Moshav Ben-Shemen, IL;
Zapa Digital Arts Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A method for producing an animation sequence on a graphic display driven by a computer, including defining an object that includes a geometrical description of an animated character and characteristics of social behavior of the character and animating an image of the character responsive to the characteristics. The character is programmed with a predetermined response, such as a rule governing motion of the character, to a sensitivity condition occurring externally to the object. The geometrical description of the object includes a geometrical skeleton characterized by a hierarchy of sub-objects connected by joints, the rule governing motion defines motions of the joints.