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AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF IMAGE FEATURES SUGGESTIVE OF MOTION FOR COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGES AND VIDEO

  • US 20110181606A1
  • Filed: 07/26/2010
  • Published: 07/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating images to be viewable on a display using a computer that are generated based on scene geometry obtained from computer-readable storage and animation data representing changes over time of elements of the scene geometry, the method comprising:

  • receiving at least some of the scene geometry and at least some of the animation data;

    receiving motion depiction parameters;

    generating motion fragments representing elements of the scene geometry over a nonzero time period;

    generating shading for the motion fragments, wherein the images including contributions from the motion fragments would suggest motion of the represented elements to a viewer of the generated images; and

    combining the shading for the motion fragments with shading for the scene geometry at an instant in frame time equal to a current frame time.

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