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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Robert Lanciault, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, CA;
Pierre-paul Giroux, Montreal, CA;
Sonny Myette, Bromont, CA;
Robert Lanciault, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, CA;
Pierre-Paul Giroux, Montreal, CA;
Sonny Myette, Bromont, CA;
Unity Technologies Canada Company, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
There is described a method for applying a control rig to an animation of a character, the method comprising: receiving a state change for the character being in a first state; determining a second state for the character using the state change; retrieving an animation clip and a control rig both corresponding to the second state, the animation clip comprising a plurality of poses for the character each defining a configuration for a body of the character, the control rig being specific to the second state and corresponding to at least one constraint to be applied on the body of the character; applying the control rig to the animation clip, thereby obtaining a rigged animation clip; and outputting the rigged animation clip.
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