Contextual editing using variable offset surfaces
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorBrian Whited
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Abstract
A method for editing content including at least one three-dimensional object. The method includes determining by a processing element one or more constraints, rendering by the processing element a shell defining an offset distance to the three-dimensional object corresponding to the one or more constraints, receiving a user input to a point related or connected to the three-dimensional object, and moving the point in a direction corresponding to the user input. In the method, the movement of the point is limited in at least one direction by the shell.
Claims20
A method for editing content including at least one three-dimensional object, comprising:
- determining by a processing element one or more constraints;
- rendering by the processing element a shell defining an offset distance to the three-dimensional object corresponding to the one or more constraints;
- receiving a user input to a point related or connected to the three-dimensional object;
- and
- moving the point in a direction corresponding to the user input;
- wherein
- the movement of the point is limited in at least one direction by the shell.
A system for modifying one or more characteristics of a three-dimensional character comprising:
- at least one input device configured to detect a user input;
- a display in communication with the at least one input device and configured to display the three-dimensional character and an output element, wherein the output element corresponds to the user input to the at least one input device;
- and
- a processing element in communication with the at least one input device and the display, the processing element configured to:
- render a relative surface at least in part corresponding to the three-dimensional character;
- move an element connected to or related to the three-dimensional character in response to the user input;
- wherein
- the movement of the element is defined in part by the relative surface.
A graphical editing method comprising:
- determining an element connected to a three-dimensional object to be edited;
- calculating by a processor a reference shell having a topography corresponding to the three-dimensional object and offset from the three-dimensional object by an offset distance;
- and
- displaying by a display the reference shell and the three-dimensional object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.