Customized augmented reality animation generator
AssigneeCrayola LLC
InventorsJoseph Thomas Moll, Brian Edward Nemeckay
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed an animation kit including a template page with at least one template design, an armature that moves between at least a first position and a second position, and an animation application that generates an animated segment corresponding to the template design and at least one pose of the armature. In further embodiments, a method for generating an animated segment is provided. In another embodiment, a system for generating an animated sequence includes a template design and an application that receives an image of the template design and animates at least one three-dimensional image corresponding to the captured template design.
Claims20
A system for generating an animated sequence comprising:
- an image receiving component, comprising a processor and a memory, that receives an image captured by a camera of a mobile device;
- a 4-D animation generator, comprising a processor and a memory, that generates a three-dimensional animated character based on a two-dimensional character image from a scanned two-dimensional template image;
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- one or more coloring pages having a two-dimensional template configured to receive one or more colored markings printed thereon, the template comprising the two-dimensional character image.
A method for generating a customized three-dimensional animation comprising:
- coloring in a two-dimensional template image, wherein the two-dimensional template image includes a two-dimensional character image;
- positioning a mobile device to align the colored two-dimensional template image with a camera of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is executing an augmented reality computing application configured to:
- (1) capture the colored two-dimensional template image with the application;
- (2) generate a three-dimensional animated character based on the two-dimensional character image such that the three-dimensional character is colored to correspond to the colored two-dimensional template image;
- (3) animate the three-dimensional character;
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- (4) superimpose the three-dimensional character over one or more images captured through the camera of the mobile device such that the three-dimensional character is included in a user's environment.
A three-dimensional animation kit comprising:
- a coloring book comprising one or more coloring pages, wherein each of the one or more coloring pages comprise a two-dimensional template image corresponding to a three-dimensional animation template of a three-dimensional coloring application, wherein a computing device executing the three-dimensional coloring application is configured to:
- (1) capture an image of a colored two-dimensional template image of the one or more coloring pages, and
- (2) generate an animated three-dimensional image based on the captured colored two-dimensional template image and the corresponding three-dimensional animation template.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.