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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:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
Abstract
An animation data compression apparatus comprises an animation data classification unit for classifying animation data into plural kinds of data, an animation priority determination unit for determining priorities on the respective data classified, and an animation data compression unit for compressing the respective data while changing the compression ratio on the basis of the priorities. Therefore, even on a narrow-band network such as a telephone line, animation data of complicated CG contents can be transmitted in real-time without degrading smoothness of animation scene.