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US 6,307,561 B1Granted
Animation generating apparatus and method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMiwako Doi, Akira Morishita, Naoko Umeki, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Shunichi Numazaki
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Abstract
When a path for associating a plurality of object images selected in advance is input, the synthesis ratios of the object images corresponding to each dividing point obtained by equally dividing the path are calculated on the basis of the position of the dividing point, and the object images are synthesized on the basis of the object images for each dividing point, thereby generating a plurality of frame images.
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An animation generating apparatus comprising:
- an input section configured to input a path for linking a plurality of object images selected in advance, the input path having a plurality of dividing points;
- an obtaining section configured to obtain synthesis ratios representing a correlation between the object images and the plurality of dividing points;
- and
- a generation section configured to synthesize the object images linked by the input path based on the synthesis ratios to generate a plurality of frame images being used for generating rendering data of the generated plurality of frame images.
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An animation generating apparatus comprising:
- an input section configured to input a path for linking a plurality of object images selected in advance;
- a path division section configured to equally divide the input path;
- a calculation section configured to calculate synthesis ratios of the object images corresponding to each dividing point obtained by the divided path based on a position of the dividing point;
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- a generation section configured to synthesize the object images based on the calculated synthesis ratios for each dividing point to generate a plurality of frame images being used for generating rendering data of the generated plurality of frame images.
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An animation generating method comprising:
- inputting a path for linking a plurality of object images selected in advance, the input path having a plurality of dividing points;
- obtaining synthesis ratios representing a correlation between the object images and the plurality of dividing points;
- and
- synthesizing the object images linked by the input path based on the synthesis ratios to generate a plurality of frame images being used for generating rendering data of the generated plurality of frame images.
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An animation generating method comprising:
- inputting a path for linking a plurality of object images selected in advance;
- calculating synthesis ratios of the object images corresponding to each dividing point obtained by equally dividing the path, based on a position of the dividing point;
- and
- synthesizing the object images based on the calculated synthesis ratios for each dividing point to generate a plurality of frame images being used for generating rendering data of the generated plurality of frame images.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a plurality of frame images to be produced, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising:
- computer readable program code means for causing a computer to input a path for linking a preliminarily selected plurality of object images, the input path having a plurality of dividing points;
- computer readable program code means for causing a computer to obtain synthesis ratios representing a correlation between the object images and the plurality of dividing paints;
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- computer readable program code means for causing a computer to synthesize the object images linked by the input path based on the synthesis ratios to thereby produce a plurality of frame images being used for generating rendering data of the generated plurality of frame images.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a plurality of frame images to be produced, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising:
- computer readable program code means for causing a computer to input a path for linking a preliminarily selected plurality of object images;
- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to calculate synthesis ratios of the object images corresponding to each divided point obtained by equidistantly dividing the input path, based on a position of the each divided point;
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- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to synthesize the object images based on each one of the synthesis ratios of each one of the object images at the each divided point to generate a plurality of frame images being used for generating rendering data of the generated plurality of frame images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.