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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
John Charles Brook, Stanhope Gardens, AU;
Rupert William Galloway Reeve, Redfern, AU;
Lena Qian, Marsfield, AU;
Choi Chi Evelene MA, Ashfield, AU;
Julian Frank Andrew Magarey, Cremorne, AU;
Michael Jan Lawther, Burwood, AU;
Julie Rae Kowald, Newport, AU;
John Charles Brook, Stanhope Gardens, AU;
Rupert William Galloway Reeve, Redfern, AU;
Lena Qian, Marsfield, AU;
Choi Chi Evelene Ma, Ashfield, AU;
Julian Frank Andrew Magarey, Cremorne, AU;
Michael Jan Lawther, Burwood, AU;
Julie Rae Kowald, Newport, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of animating a sprite in a video production comprising a plurality of sequential video frames is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting () a feature, with which the sprite is to be juxtaposed, in one of said video frames, applying () a feature tracking process to the video production to thereby output (), for a series of said plurality of video frames containing the feature, a temporal-spatial record for the feature across the plurality of video frames, and compositing (), with the series of said plurality of video frames, a corresponding series of instantiations of the sprite dependent upon the temporal-spatial record.