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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2007
Applicants:

Armin Walter Bruderlin, Culver City, CA (US);

Francois Chardavoine, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Clint Chua, Alhambra, CA (US);

Gustav Melich, Playa del Rey, CA (US);

Inventors:

Armin Walter Bruderlin, Culver City, CA (US);

Francois Chardavoine, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Clint Chua, Alhambra, CA (US);

Gustav Melich, Playa del Rey, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 15/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); G06T 15/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surface definition module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to define a surface. An interpolation module may be used to interpolate at least one final hair on the surface based upon at least one control hair. An effects module including an effects pipeline may be utilized to apply a plurality of effects to the final hair in a user-defined order to generate a modified final hair that may be ultimately rendered.


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