Method and apparatus for producing operation signals for a motion object, and program product for producing the operation signals
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1. A method of producing operation signals to control body actions of a motion object comprising a plurality of body components connected through joints with multi-degrees of freedom, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a fundamental control signal for controlling a series of motions of body groups defined corresponding to the plural body components of said motion object; and
distributing the fundamental control signal to produce operation signals for controlling the respective body components.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a motion object with psychological and emotional expressions characterized by simplified processing and reduced control data associated with controlling a series of motions for body groups of the motion object including a fundamental control signal made up of an oscillating numerical value signal representing a psychological state, and a signal representing a body-group motion sequence.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of producing operation signals to control body actions of a motion object comprising a plurality of body components connected through joints with multi-degrees of freedom, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a fundamental control signal for controlling a series of motions of body groups defined corresponding to the plural body components of said motion object; and
distributing the fundamental control signal to produce operation signals for controlling the respective body components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of producing operation signals for a motion object, the method comprising the steps of:
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for controlling actions of a motion object presented as a two- or three-dimensional image, preparing at least one image of said motion object, creating an image having visual features changed from visual features of said one image, and providing a series of action images of said motion object to a display; and
employing, as a control signal for changing figure feature parameters of an image, at least one operation command signal common to the whole of said motion object or a signal resulting from synthesizing the at least one common operation command signal by a modification signal.
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8. An apparatus for producing operation signals to control body actions of a motion object comprising a plurality of body components with multi-degrees of freedom connected through joints, the apparatus comprising:
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body action setting means for setting data of command on selection of predetermined body actions;
fundamental control signal generating means for generating a fundamental control signal to perform the predetermined body action with body groups defined corresponding to the plural body components of said motion object; and
distributing means for distributing the fundamental control signal at a distribution ratio depending on the body action corresponding to a setting signal from said body action setting means, thereby producing signals to control the respective body components. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for producing operation signals for a motion object, the apparatus comprising:
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first body action setting means for setting at least one parameter representing imaginary emotion of said motion object;
second body action setting means for setting at least one parameter representing imaginary state of development of said motion object;
first fundamental control signal generating means for receiving a setting signal from said first body action setting means and generating a corresponding oscillating numerical value signal;
means for distributing the first fundamental control signal to body groups;
second fundamental control signal generating means for receiving a setting signal from said second body action setting means and generating a second fundamental control signal representing a body-group motion sequence to perform a corresponding action;
means for combining said first fundamental control signal and said second fundamental control signal distributed to the body groups; and
distributing means for distributing a combined fundamental control signal to body components related to an action set by said second body action setting means at a corresponding distribution transfer function of said second fundamental control signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for producing operation signals for a motion object, the apparatus comprising a CPU and a storage,
said storage storing an action setting database, an action pattern database, and processing result history data, said CPU including an action information processing unit for executing the steps of: -
for controlling actions of said motion object presented as a two- or three-dimensional image, preparing at least one image of said motion object, creating an image having visual features changed from visual features of said one image, and storing the created image as the processing result history data; and
employing, as a control signal for changing figure feature parameters of an image, at least one operation command signal common to the whole of said motion object or a signal resulting from multiplying the at least one common operation command signal by a modification signal, said CPU further including an image information processing unit for creating and outputting a video image to present an image on a display.
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17. A program product containing a program for producing operation signals for a motion object, the program being read by a computer and causing the computer to function as:
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means for generating a fundamental control signal for controlling a series of motions of body groups defined corresponding to plural body components of a motion object; and
means for distributing the fundamental control signal to produce operation signals for controlling the respective body components. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A program product for producing operation signals for a motion object, the program being read by a computer and causing the computer to function as:
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means for preparing at least one image of said motion object;
means for creating an image having figure feature parameters changed from figure feature parameters of said one image, and storing the created image as processing result history data;
means for creating one operation command signal common to the whole of said motion object or a signal resulting from modifying the one common operation command signal;
means for numerical process of those signals and creating a modified signal; and
means for outputting the combined signal as a video signal.
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