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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2011
Julien F. Cohen Bengio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kaori Ogino, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julien F. Cohen Bengio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kaori Ogino, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method performed by one or more processes executing on a computer system, the method includes displaying in a user interface at least a portion of a 3D object model and one or more surface controls that collectively and implicitly define a control surface that is positioned in 3D space relative to, and capable of deforming, the 3D object model, each surface control having a single associated direction, directions of deformations of the control surface based on the associated directions. The method further includes receiving input from a human animator defining a change to the implicitly defined control surface relative to the 3D object model. The method further includes in response to the received input, updating the user interface to display the 3D object model as deformed by the changed implicitly defined control surface.