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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Galen G. Gornowicz, Pasadena, CA (US);
Gokhan Kisacikoglu, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Galen G. Gornowicz, Pasadena, CA (US);
Gokhan Kisacikoglu, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Dreamworks Animation LLC, Glendale, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer generated character is decorated with skin-attached features in computer graphics by defining a skin surface of the computer generated character. The skin surface is defined using a set of one or more connected parametric surfaces. Feature locations for the features are placed on the defined skin surface. Guide locations for guides are placed on the defined skin surface. The skin surface is partitioned into a plurality of cells. Each cell has a set of vertices. The set of vertices for each cell is a set of the guide locations. Interpolation weights are determined for the feature locations using the guide locations and the plurality of cells.