US 11,715,246 B1
Modification and transfer of character motion
Scott R. Jones, San Rafael, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/781,369.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/804,373, filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Int. Cl. G06T 13/40 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 13/40 (2013.01) [G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing program instructions computer-executable on a computer to perform operations comprising:
identifying an object to be animated, wherein the object is a part of a three dimensional (3D) digital model;
identifying a motion descriptor comprising path-generating components that generate a preliminary motion path for animation of the object, wherein the preliminary motion path comprises positions for the object at various points in time;
modifying, prior to animating the object and by deforming a path-generating component relative to other path generating components of the motion descriptor, the motion descriptor to generate a modified motion path for animation of the object, wherein the modified motion path comprises a modification to at least one position of the positions for the object; and
animating the object based on the modified motion path.