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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

May. 11, 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 Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 13/00 (2011.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 13/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hair pipeline utilizes a surface definition module to define a surface and a control hair and a hair motion compositor module combines different control hair curve shapes associated with the control hair and the surface. In particular, the hair motion compositor module generates a static node defining a static control hair curve shape; generates an animation node defining an animation control hair curve shape; and combines the static control hair curve shape of the static node with the animation control hair curve hair shape of the animation node to produce a resultant control hair curve shape for the control hair.


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