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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Olivier Soares, Albany, CA (US);
PIXAR, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Computer-generated images based on force field effects are generated by evaluating force field data and animated data. The force field data includes force field directional vectors and the animated data includes density values for an animated model. The force field data and the animated data are splattered on separate multi-dimensional grids. An animation system determines a vector path, starting at a point in the grid containing the animated model, based on the directional vectors and the density values along the vector path are integrated to determine an attenuation factor for the point. The attenuation factor provides a value for accurately determining the movement of the animated model at the point when the force field is present.