VISUAL STATE MANAGER FOR CONTROL SKINNING
First Claim
1. At a computer system, a method for automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state, the method comprising:
- an act of accessing state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to, the state properties including visual properties and transition description information;
an act of determining the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state;
an act of automatically generating an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state.
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein are directed to automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state. In one embodiment, a computer system accesses state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to. The state properties include visual properties and transition description information. The computer system determines the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state and automatically generates an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state.
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20 Claims
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1. At a computer system, a method for automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state, the method comprising:
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an act of accessing state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to, the state properties including visual properties and transition description information; an act of determining the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state; an act of automatically generating an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. At a computer system, a method for transitioning from a current state to a new state using an automatically generated animation, the method comprising:
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an act of receiving an indication that one or more state properties of a visual element are to be transitioned from a current state to a new state; an act of accessing the currently assigned state properties for the visual element; an act of accessing other defined state properties for the visual element, the other defined state properties including at least state properties that are to be assigned to the visual element as a result of the transition and timing properties for transitioning the visual element between different states; an act of determining, based on the accessed currently assigned and other defined state properties, an appropriate transition timing for the visual element; an act of automatically generating at least one appropriate property animation for the transition between the current state and the new state; and an act of playing at least one of the generated animations during the transition between the current state and the new state in accordance with the transition timing. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. At a computer system, a method for selecting an appropriate transition for transitioning a visual element between a current state and a new state, the method comprising:
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an act of receiving an indication that a visual element is to be transitioned from a current state to a new state based on transition description information stored in state properties of the visual element; an act of accessing the transition description information in the state properties of the visual element, the transition description information describing one or more transitions for transitioning between the current state and the new state of the visual element; an act of determining that the transition description information includes a specification of at least the current state, the new state or both states; an act of weighting the transitions according to which states are specified in the transition description information; and an act of selecting an appropriate transition based on the weighting. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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