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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Anthony Bergelt, Coquitlam, CA;
David Smith, Vancouver, CA;
Josh C Brown, Vancouver, CA;
Darius Julian Tam, Vancouver, CA;
Ian D. Yip, Burnaby, CA;
Vince Jewlal, Vancouver, CA;
Anthony Bergelt, Coquitlam, CA;
David Smith, Vancouver, CA;
Josh C Brown, Vancouver, CA;
Darius Julian Tam, Vancouver, CA;
Ian D. Yip, Burnaby, CA;
Vince Jewlal, Vancouver, CA;
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for driving an artificial intelligence (AI) character involving computing a navigational graph for a virtual environment and moving the AI character along a current path for an AI character from a current location to a current destination is disclosed. While moving the AI character along the current path the potential alternative destinations are continuously evaluated and a new destination or the current destination based upon a heuristic analysis of the alternative destinations and the current destination. The system also continuously determines whether the AI character can leave the current path.