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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2002
Akira Uesaki, Takatsuki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mochizuki, Suita, JP;
Toshiki Hijiri, Hirakata, JP;
Shigeo Asahara, Ikeda, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An animation data generation apparatus that supplies a state where a character string can be read in a part of 3D character animation generated based on functions. The apparatus includes an interface unit for setting characters which are used for animation, time allocation between 3D character animations in a moving standstill state, and the type of the animation in the moving state. The apparatus also includes a calculation unit for calculating the number of frames corresponding to animation based on the time allocation, and a generation unit for generating animation data in the standstill state so that 3D characters corresponding to the set characters can be read, and for generating data of the 3D character animation in a moving state so as to link to the data of the animation in the standstill state by using the number of calculated frames and a function corresponding to the set animation.