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System and apparatus for customizing a computer animation wireframe

  • US 5,969,721 A
  • Filed: 06/03/1997
  • Issued: 10/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for modifying an animation wireframe having a plurality of points with three-dimensional (3D) range data having a corresponding shape surface, comprising:

  • (a) vertically scaling the animation wireframe based on a plurality of distances between consecutive features within a plurality of features, the plurality of features being within the 3D range data; and

    (b) for each animation-wireframe point, horizontally adjusting the location of a first animation-wireframe point to correspond to a first point on the shape surface within a horizontal plane.

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