Method and apparatus for transferring pose of 3-dimensional characters

An apparatus for transferring a pose from an original digital character to a newly-created digital character, comprising:

• a constraints derivation unit for deriving constraints from a pose of the original character;
• a probability modeling unit for modeling pose characteristics of each joint of the newly-created character as a probability distribution function having an input variable of a rotation angle of corresponding joint and pose characteristics of all joints of the newly-created character as a joint probability distribution function having input variables of rotation angles of corresponding joints;
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• a pose data extraction unit for extracting, based on the joint probability distribution function, the rotation angles of all joints of the newly-created character to thereby create a pose of the newly-created character, the rotation angles satisfying the constraints.