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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Jose Rafael Tena, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Derek Bradley, Zurich, CH;
Thabo Beeler, Zurich, CH;
Jon Snoddy, Pasadena, CA (US);
Alfredo Ayala, West Covina, CA (US);
Iain Matthews, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Anthony Martin, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Scott F. Watson, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method for use by a system including a hardware processor and a memory storing a three-dimensional (3D) character data having a topology mesh describing a character. The method includes stabilizing the 3D character data by removing a translational motion and a rotational motion from the 3D character data, determining a range of motion of a plurality of points of the topology mesh describing the character, identifying a plurality of poses for generating an animation, where each of the plurality of poses includes a unique configuration of the plurality of points of the topology mesh, and creating an animatronic including a plurality of actuators configured to instantiate the plurality of poses for generating the animation.