Process for utilizing a pressure and motion sensitive pad to create computer generated animation

• US 20030016222A1
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clay A. Budin, David J. Fleischer, Doug G. Johnson
• Original Assignee: Clay A. Budin, David J. Fleischer, Doug G. Johnson
• Inventors: Fleischer, David J., Budin, Clay A., Johnson, Doug G.
• Application Number:
  US10/106,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20030016222A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation

Abstract

The present invention is a process for translating tactile movement from a pressure and motion sensitive input device into computer generated image animation.

Claims

1. A process for creating computer generated animation, the process comprising:

configuring a tactile input device to translate tactile movement into computer generated animation;

providing tactile movement to the tactile movement device.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the tactile movement comprises lateral motion and pressure.

3. The process of claim 1, wherein the configuring of the tactile input device includes providing a driver application to connect the input device to computer generated animation software.

4. The process of claim 3, wherein the driver application user-variably permits clamping.

5. The process of claim 1, wherein the tactile input device is flat rubber pad with optical sensors.

6. The process of claim 1, wherein the configuring of the tactile input device includes a neighborhood suppression routine.

7. The process of claim 1, wherein the configuring of the tactile input device includes the utilization of a second-order low-pass impulse response filter.

8. The process of claim 1, wherein parameters of configuring the tactile movement device are tunable.

9. The process of claim 1, the process further comprising organization of a surface on the tactile input device into areas of pre-defined meaning.

10. The process of claim 9, wherein the areas correspond with specific actions of a computer generated image.

11. The process of claim 1, wherein a visual user interface is provided to display tactile movement.