AUTOMATIC RIGGING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS FOR ANIMATION

Patent №

US 11,170,558

Granted

2021-11-09

Filed 2020

Owner

MIXAMO, INC.

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evo

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Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16919774

A system and method for automatic rigging of three dimensional characters for facial animation provide a rigged mesh for an original three dimensional mesh. A representative mesh is generated from the original mesh. Segments, key points, a bone set, and skinning weights are then determined for the representative mesh. The Skinning weights and bone set are placed in the original mesh to generate the rigged mesh.

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Ownership

MIXAMO, INC.

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

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ADOBE INC.

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Assignors

CORAZZA, STEFANO, GAMBARETTO, EMILIANO, VASUDEVAN, PRASANNA

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