ARBITRARY HIERARCHICAL TAGGING OF COMPUTER-GENERATED ANIMATION ASSETS

Patent №

US 9,514,560

Granted

2016-12-06

Filed 2013

Owner

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC

Lab

AI components

3

vision · kr · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13844315

Systems and methods for using hierarchical tags to create a computer-generated animation are provided. The hierarchical tags may be used to organize, identify, and select animation assets in order to configure animation parameters used to render a computer-generated image. The hierarchical tags may be used to display representations of animation assets for selection. A hierarchy based on the hierarchical tags may be represented by a tree structure. The hierarchical tags may be used as part of a rule to partition animation assets. In this way, the hierarchical tags may advantageously be used to identify, organize, and select animation assets and perform animation processes.

AI classification

AI hardware0.99
Knowledge representation0.98
Vision0.97
Natural language0.03
Planning0.02
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC

assignment · 305530848

Assignors

MCNERNEY, PETER, SMYTH, EVAN P.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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