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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
William F. Sheffler, Hercules, CA (US);
Michael Comet, San Ramon, CA (US);
John Anderson, San Anselmo, CA (US);
William F. Sheffler, Hercules, CA (US);
Michael Comet, San Ramon, CA (US);
John Anderson, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for creating posed models. In various embodiments, deformations resulting from posing a model can be represented in a set of training poses. The sets of training poses for the model and a desired target pose (e.g., a simulated or sculpted pose) can be used to create a final pose for the model. Arbitrary deformer activation weights can be determined by projecting a target pose onto the set of training poses. The deformer activation weights can be applied to one or more deformers to approximate the desired pose.