CUSTOMIZED AUGMENTED REALITY ANIMATION GENERATOR

• US 20170365085A1
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: META Platforms Technologies LLC (Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.))
• Original Assignee: Crayola LLC (Hallmark Cards Incorporated)
• Inventors: MOLL, JOSEPH THOMAS, NEMECKAY, BRIAN EDWARD
• Granted Patent: US 10,096,144 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0007 Image acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/40 of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/44 Morphing

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are directed an animation kit including a template page with at least one template design, an armature that moves between at least a first position and a second position, and an animation application that generates an animated segment corresponding to the template design and at least one pose of the armature. In further embodiments, a method for generating an animated segment is provided. In another embodiment, a system for generating an animated sequence includes a template design and an application that receives an image of the template design and animates at least one three-dimensional image corresponding to the captured template design.

Claims

1. A system for generating an animated sequence comprising:

an image receiving component, comprising a processor and a memory, that receives an image captured by a camera of a mobile device;

a four-dimensional (4-D) animation generator comprising a processor and a memory, configured to;

generate a three-dimensional (3-D) character based on a two-dimensional character image from a scanned two-dimensional template image,

superimpose the 3-D character over a displayed view of a user'"'"'s environment captured through the camera, such that the 3-D character is included in the view of the user'"'"'s environment, and

generate animation of the three-dimension character, where the animation comprises;

responsive to a determination that the view has changed, cause the 3-D character to move in an animated fashion to a location within the changed view; and

one or more coloring pages having a two-dimensional template configured to receive one or more colored markings printed thereon, the template comprising a two-dimensional character image.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein move in an animated fashion to the location comprises walk to the location.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein move in an animated fashion to the location comprises fly to the location.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the image receiving component scans the two-dimensional template to read the two-dimensional template and one or more colored markings on the two-dimensional template.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the 4-D animation generator processes the two-dimensional template and the one or more colored markings, wherein the 3-D animated character is colored to correspond with the one or more colored markings on the two-dimensional character image.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the 4-D animation generator is further configured to:

determine that a color on the two-dimensional template image corresponds to a color or a range of colors indicated by a stored user preference;

determine a special effect indicated by the user preference;

apply the special effect to portions of the 3-D character that include the color.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a particle effect generator that displays the special effect.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the 3-D animated character is colored by one or more of stretching, mirroring, and repeating colored-in visible areas according to a predetermined correspondence between visible and nonvisible portions of the two-dimensional character image.

9. A method for generating a customized three-dimensional (3-D) animation comprising:

accessing a captured image of a colored two-dimensional template image that includes a two-dimensional character image;

generating a 3-D animated character based on the two-dimensional character image such that the 3-D character is colored to correspond to the colored two-dimensional template image;

animating the 3-D character; and

superimposing the 3-D character over one or more images captured through a camera of a mobile device such that the 3-D character is included in a view of a user'"'"'s environment depicted in a display on the mobile device;

wherein animating the 3-D character comprises generating an animation in response to a change in an orientation of the view.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the 3-D animated character is colored to correspond to the colored two-dimensional template image by coloring nonvisible portions of the two-dimensional character image to match visible portions of the two-dimensional character image.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein coloring nonvisible portions comprises one or more of stretching, mirroring, and repeating colored-in visible areas according to a predetermined correspondence between the visible and the nonvisible portions of the two-dimensional character image.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein animating the 3-D character comprises determining that an orientation of the mobile device has changed such that the view of the user'"'"'s environment has changed.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

when the change of the view corresponds to a speed and/or a distance below a first threshold, then animating the 3-D character such that the 3-D character appears to move to a new location within the view; and

when the change of the view corresponds to a speed and/or a distance above the first threshold, then causing the 3-D character to go off-screen for a period of time, and after the period of time then animating the 3-D character such that the 3-D character appears to move into the view.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein animating the 3-D character such that the 3-D character appears to move into the view comprises animating the 3-D character such that the 3-D character appears to walk into the view.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein animating the 3-D character such that the 3-D character appears to move into the view comprises animating the 3-D character such that the 3-D character appears to fly into the view.

16. A three-dimensional (3-D) animation kit comprising:

a coloring book comprising one or more coloring pages, wherein each of the one or more coloring pages comprise a two-dimensional template image corresponding to a 3-D animation template of a 3-D coloring application; and

an application comprising computer-useable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, configure the one or more computing devices to;

capture an image of a colored two-dimensional template image of the one or more coloring pages,

generate an animated 3-D image based on the captured colored two-dimensional template image and the corresponding 3-D animation template;

determine that a color on the two-dimensional template image corresponds to a color or a range of colors indicated by a stored user preference;

determine a special effect indicated by the user preference;

apply the special effect to portions of the animated 3-D image that include the color.

17. The kit of claim 16, wherein the 3-D animation template specifies actions for the animated 3-D image to take.

18. The kit of claim 16, the one or more computing devices further configured to:

superimpose the 3-D image over a view of a user'"'"'s environment captured through the camera, such that the 3-D image is included in the view of the user'"'"'s environment, and

generate animation of the 3-D image, where generate the animation comprises;

responsive to a determination that the view has changed, cause the 3-D image to move in an animated fashion to a location within the changed view.

19. The kit of claim 18, the one or more computing devices further configured to:

responsive to the determination that the view has changed, initially cause the 3-D image to move out of the view, prior to the step of cause the 3-D image to move in an animated fashion to the location within the changed view.

20. The kit of claim 16, wherein the special effect comprises one or more of a defined visual effect, a defined sound effect, a visual motion sequence effect, and an auditor sequence effect.