Animation system for a robot comprising a set of movable parts
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsCyrille C. Morel, Thierry Planterose
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Abstract
The object of the invention is to make the movable parts of a robot reproduce the movement of the movable parts of an animated object, via the transmission of movement parameters to the robot in a primary signal PS. The primary signal PS comprises sets of parameters associated with the movable parts of the animated object, the sets of parameters being inserted in said primary signal according to a hierarchical graph structure reflecting the structure of the movable parts of said animated object. The movable parts of the robot reproduce the movement characterized by the movement parameters comprised in the sets of parameters which are associated with them. Use: An animation system for a robot.
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An animation system for a robot comprising:
- a) a transmitter comprising:
- means for creating a primary signal comprising sets of parameters for describing the movement of a set of movable parts of an animated object, a set of parameters comprising:
- aa) an identification parameter for associating a movable part with the set of parameters in question,
- bb) movement parameters for describing the movement of the movable part associated with the set of parameters,
- transmission means for transmitting said primary signal,
- b) a robot comprising:
- reception means for receiving said primary signal,
- movable parts able to be moved by control signals,
- processing means for successively processing the sets of parameters comprised in the primary signal received, said processing means comprising:
- aa) association means for, using the identification parameter, associating a movable part of the robot with the set of parameters,
- bb) generation means for, using the movement parameters, generating said control signals to the movable part associated with the set of parameters, for the purpose of making said associated movable part reproduce the movement characterized by said movement parameters.
An animation system for a robot comprising:
- a) a receiver for receiving a multimedia data signal composed of scene elements, associated with a scene description signal for describing said scene elements by means of description parameters, said multimedia data signal comprising an animated scene element comprising a set of movable parts, said scene description signal comprising sets of parameters for describing the movement of said movable parts, the sets of parameters comprising:
- aa) an identification parameter for associating a movable part with the set of parameters in question,
- bb) movement parameters for describing the movement of the movable part associated with the set of parameters,
- said receiver comprising:
- extraction means for extracting from said scene description signal the movement parameters of said animated object, and generating a primary signal comprising said movement parameters,
- transmission means for transmitting said primary signal to the robot;
- b) a robot comprising:
- reception means for receiving said primary signal,
- movable parts able to be moved by control signals,
- processing means for successively processing the sets of parameters comprised in the primary signal received, said processing means comprising:
- aa) association means for, using the identification parameter, associating a movable part of the robot with the set of parameters,
- bb) generation means for, using the movement parameters, generating said control signals to the movable part associated with the set of parameters, for the purpose of making said associated movable part reproduce the movement characterized by said movement parameters.
A computer readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:
- generating a signal coded according to coding syntax of the MPEG-4 BIFS functionality;
- using the signal to control movement of movable parts of a robot, said coded signal comprising sets of parameters, wherein a set of parameters comprises an identification parameter for associating a movable part with the set of parameters and movement parameters for describing a movement which said movable part is to be made to reproduce.
A robot comprising:
- reception means for receiving a primary signal, said primary signal comprising sets of parameters for describing the movement of a set of movable parts of an animated object, a set of parameters comprising:
- aa) an identification parameter for associating a movable part with the set of parameters in question,
- bb) movement parameters for describing the movement of the movable part associated with the set of parameters,
- movable parts able to be moved by control signals,
- processing means for successively processing the sets of parameters included in the primary signal received, said processing means comprising:
- aa) association means for, using the identification parameter, associating a movable part of the robot with the set of parameters,
- bb) generation means for, using the movement parameters, generating said control signals to the movable part associated with the set of parameters, for the purpose of making said associated movable part reproduce the movement characterized by said movement parameters.
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