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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Tzung-han Lin, Erlun Township, TW;
Chih-jen Teng, Yongkang, TW;
Fu-jen Hsiao, Hsinchu, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, TW;
Abstract
The animation generation system includes: an avatar generation module for generating an avatar in a virtual space, wherein the avatar has a set of skeletons and a skin, and the movable nodes of the set of skeletons are manipulated so that a motion of the skin is induced; and an avatar manipulation module for manipulating the movable nodes, including: a position mark which is moved to at least one first real position in a real space; at least one control mark which is moved to at least one second real position in the real space; and a video capturing unit for capturing the images of the real space; an arithmetic unit for identifying the first real position and the second real position from the images of the real space, and converting the first real position into a first virtual position, and the second real position into a second virtual position.