GENERATION OF ANIMATION USING ICONS IN TEXT

• US 20100122193A1
• Filed: 06/11/2009
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nawmal, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Xtranormal Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Lange, Hervé, Brunel, Frédéric, Peltier, Benoit
• Granted Patent: US 9,953,450 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/205 driven by audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/40 of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/00 Teaching reading teaching lip-reading G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/006 with audible presentation of the material to be studied audio and audio-visual teaching apparatus in general G09B5/04, G09B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/02 Line indicators or other guides or masks
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/062 Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2021/105 Synthesis of the lips movements from speech, e.g. for talking heads
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

There is described a method for creating an animation, comprising: inserting at least one icon within a text related to the animation, the at least one icon being associated with an action to be performed by one of an entity and a part of an entity, at a point in time corresponding to a position of the at least one icon in the text, and a given feature of an appearance of the at least one icon being associated with one of the entity and the part of the entity; and executing the text and the at least one icon in order to generate the animation.

Claims

1. A method for creating an animation, comprising:

inserting at least one icon within a text related to said animation, said at least one icon being associated with an action to be performed by one of an entity and a part of an entity, at a point in time corresponding to a position of said at least one icon in said text, and a given feature of an appearance of said at least one icon being associated with one of said entity and said part of said entity; and

executing said text and said at least one icon in order to generate said animation.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inserting at least one icon comprises inserting a plurality of icons at a same location within said text and said executing said text and said at least one icon comprises executing said plurality of icons consecutively.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said inserting a plurality of icons at a same location within said text comprises inserting at least one separator symbol between said plurality of icons.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inserting at least one icon comprises inserting a plurality of icons at a same location and said executing said text and said at least one icon comprises executing said plurality of icons simultaneously.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said given feature of an appearance is one of a color of said at least one icon, a shape of said at least one icon, and a depiction of said at least one icon.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said given feature is associated with said entity and an additional feature of said appearance of said at least one icon is associated with said part of said entity.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said position of said at least one icon in said text is further dependent on said part of said entity.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inserting at least one icon comprises inserting a plurality of icons to be regrouped together to form a continuous sequence of icons and executed in sequence according to a set of predefined synchronization rules.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inserting at least one icon comprises dragging and dropping said icon directly into said text from an icon box.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inserting at least one icon comprises dragging and dropping said icon directly into said text from a world view.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inserting at least one icon comprises inputting a textual command that will generate said icon.

12. A method for creating an animation, comprising:

inserting at least one icon within a text related to said animation, said at least one icon being associated with an action to be performed by one of an entity and a part of an entity, at a point in time corresponding to a position of said at least one icon in said text, and a given feature of an appearance of said at least one icon being associated with said entity;

sending animation information to a server, and

receiving said animation from said server, said animation being generated in accordance with said animation information.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said sending animation information comprises sending said text with said at least one icon inserted therein.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising sending icon parameters to said server.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising determining said animation information using said text with said at least one icon inserted therein, said animation information comprising said text and action information.

16. A system for creating an animation, comprising:

at least one processor in one of at least one computer and at least one server; and

at least one application coupled to the at least one processor, said at least one application being configured for

receiving a text related to said animation, said text comprising at least one icon embedded therein, said at least one icon being associated with an action to be performed by one of an entity and a part of an entity, at a point in time corresponding to a position of said at least one icon in said text, and a given feature of an appearance of said at least one icon being associated with said at least one of an entity and a part of an entity; and

executing said text and said at least one icon in order to generate said animation.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said at least one processor is located in said at least one computer and said at least one application is located in said at least one computer.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said at least one processor comprises a first processor located in said computer and a second processor located in said server, and said at least one application comprises a first application coupled to the first processor and a second application coupled to the second processor, said first processor configured for receiving said text, sending said text to said server, and receiving said animation, and said second processor configured for receiving said text from said computer, and executing said text and said at least one icon, and sending said animation to said computer.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said at least one application is further configured for determining animation information using said text and said at least one icon, and generating said animation using said animation information.

20. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said at least one processor comprises a processor located in said at least one computer and said at least one application comprises an application coupled to said processor, said application configured for determining said animation information and generating said animation.

21. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said at least one processor comprises a first processor located in said at least one computer and a second processor located in said at least one server and said at least one application comprises a first application coupled to the first processor and a second application coupled to the second processor, said first processor configured for determining said animation information, sending said animation information to said server, and receiving said animation, and said second processor configured for receiving said animation information, generating said animation, and sending said animation to said first processor.

22. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said at least one processor comprises a first processor located in said at least one computer and a second processor located in said at least one server and said at least one application comprises a first application coupled to the first processor and a second application coupled to the second processor, said first processor configured for sending said text to said server and receiving said animation, and said second processor configured for receiving said text, determining said animation information, generating said animation, and sending said animation to said first processor.