Process and apparatus for conveying information through motion sequences
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1. A process of animation of subject matter for use in a mechanism having means for individually storing, accessing and displaying frames of visual elements, comprising:
- (a) determining the primary salient visual features, including surface information, which are to be contained as visual elements of the principal frames of the subject matter;
(b) making a complex visual image as a progenitor of each respective principal frame; and
(c) manipulating each respective complex visual image to emphasize the determined respective primary salient visual features, including surface information, so as to yield said respective desired visual elements, including surface information, in the principal frames.
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a process and an apparatus for a system of animation and a system of teaching finger spelling.
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1. A process of animation of subject matter for use in a mechanism having means for individually storing, accessing and displaying frames of visual elements, comprising:
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(a) determining the primary salient visual features, including surface information, which are to be contained as visual elements of the principal frames of the subject matter; (b) making a complex visual image as a progenitor of each respective principal frame; and (c) manipulating each respective complex visual image to emphasize the determined respective primary salient visual features, including surface information, so as to yield said respective desired visual elements, including surface information, in the principal frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A process for the teaching of finger spelling utilizing the manual alphabet, comprising:
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(a) determining the primary salient visual features which are to be contained as visual elements of principal frames respectively representing the letters of the manual alphabet; (b) making a complex visual image as a progenitor of each principal frame of the respective letters; (c) manipulating each complex image to emphasize the determined primary salient visual features to yield the respective desired visual elements of the respective letter; (d) dividing the principal frames of the respective letters into groups and subgroups according to their common respective salient features; (e) determining the primary salient visual features in common of a plurality of pairs of groups and subgroups; and (f) manipulating an image to provide at least one bridging frame containing selected salient features of the principal frames of said pair, such that the display in sequence of the principal frames of said pair, interposed by the bridging frame, provides an illusion of motion to an observer in the displayed sequence of frames. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A mechanism for the teaching of finger spelling utilizing the manual alphabet, comprising
a system having means for storing accessing and displaying frames of visual elements; -
a plurality of stored principal frames, each respectively containing visual elements of a letter of the manual alphabet; a plurality of stored intermediate frames, each respectively containing visual elements having salient characteristics related to the salient characteristics of the visual elements of two letters of the manual alphabet; said system means accessing and displaying a selected sequence of a principal frame of a selected first letter, a selected intermediate frame, and a principal frame of a selected second letter, to provide an illusion of motion to an observer in the displayed sequence of frames. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A process of animation of subject matter for use in a mechanism having means for individually storing, accessing and displaying frames of visual elements, comprising:
displaying each frame in a sequence of said frames for any respective one of a plurality of different preselected durations of time, so as to provide to an observer an illusion of motion in said displayed sequence of frames and utilizing fewer frames than would be necessary in real time if each of said displayed frames were displayed for a uniform duration of time. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A process of animation of subject matter for use in a mechanism having means for individually storing, accessing and displaying frames of visual elements:
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(a) determining the primary salient visual features which are to be contained as visual elements of a plurality of principal frames of the subject matter; (b) prioritizing the salient features possessed by the principal frames and arranging the principal frames into groups based on their respectively possessed said prioritized salient features; (c) providing a plurality of bridging frames, each containing selected salient features of both a principal frame which is to follow the first mentioned principal frame, such that the display in sequence of the first mentioned principal frame, the bridging frame, and the following principal frame provide an illusion of motion to an observer in the displayed sequence of frames, and selected bridging frames may be accessed and displayed after any one of a group of different preceding frames and before any one of a group of different suceeding frames. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A process of animation of subject matter for use in a mechanism having means for individually storing, accessing and displaying frames of visual elements, comprising:
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storing a plurality of principal frames, each containing respective visual elements; storing a plurality of bridging frames, each containing respective visual elements; initially accessing and displaying a first selected principal frame for a first period of time; thereafter accessing and displaying a selected bridging frame for a second period of time; yet thereafter accessing and displaying a second principal frame for a third period of time; wherein said first period of time differs in duration from said second period of time, and the display in sequence of said first principal frame, said bridging frame, and said second principal frame provides to an observer an illusion of motion in the displayed sequence of frames. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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