Animation producing apparatus

An animation producing apparatus for producing an animation on the basis of a plurality of fundamental shapes each having respective animated parts and a plurality of predetermined operation parameters relating thereto, comprising:

• 1) first memory means for storing therein a plurality of fundamental shapes each having respective animated parts;
• 2) second memory means for storing a respective plurality of first parameters, where each first parameter corresponds to a first operation of an animated part of a respective one of said plurality of fundamental shapes;
• 3) input means for inputting a plurality of second parameters, where each second parameter corresponds to a second operation of an animated part of a respective one of said plurality of fundamental shapes;
• 4) a plurality of adding means for adding respective ones of said plurality of first parameters read-out from said second memory means and said respective ones of said plurality of second parameters inputted by said input means, thereby to generate a plurality of third parameters;
• 5) image processing means for separately interpolating operations of said animated parts of said plurality of fundamental shapes read-out from said first memory means based on said plurality of third parameters generated from said plurality of adding means and for producing an interpolated animation signal;
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• 6) display means for displaying the animation produced by said image processing means from said animation signal.

An animation producing apparatus for producing an animation on the basis of a plurality of fundamental shapes having respective animated parts and a plurality of parameters relating to predetermined operations of respective ones of the plurality of fundamental shapes, comprising:

• A) memory means for storing the plurality of fundamental shapes having respective animated parts;
• B) MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) signal generating means for generating a MIDI signal;
• C) parameter generating means for generating a plurality of parameters, where each parameter corresponds to a predetermined operation of a respective fundamental shape, on the basis of said MIDI signal;
• D) image processing means for separately interpolating for each of said plurality of fundamental shapes read-out from said memory means operations of said animated parts of respective fundamental shapes based on said plurality of parameters generated from said parameter generating means and for producing an animation signal based on interpolated operations and said predetermined operations of said fundamental shapes;
• E) display means for displaying thereon the animation produced by said image processing means from said animation signal;
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• F) synthesized sound generating means for generating a synthesized sound on the basis of said MIDI signal.