Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for modeling and animating object trajectories in three-dimensional space
- Patent Title (中): 三维空间建模和动画对象轨迹的方法
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Application No.: US11678102Application Date: 2007-02-23
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Publication No.: US08405661B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Jeffrey David Amsterdam , William Colin Freeman , William David Morgan
- Applicant: Jeffrey David Amsterdam , William Colin Freeman , William David Morgan
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts
- Agent Anna Linne
- Main IPC: G06T13/00
- IPC: G06T13/00

Abstract:
A method for modeling and animating an object trajectory in three-dimensional (3D) space. The trajectory includes at least one course which represents a 3D model mesh. A course includes at least one segment which is a display unit of the 3D model mesh. A segment includes two 3D points. Multiple vertices are generated for a first 3D point of the segment to specify a plane such that a normal vector of the specified plane is parallel to a vector directed from the first 3D point of the segment to a second 3D point of the segment. The generated vertices are added to the 3D model mesh so that the generated vertices can be subsequently displayed as an extension of the 3D model mesh.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080204447A1 METHOD FOR MODELING AND ANIMATING OBJECT TRAJECTORIES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE Public/Granted day:2008-08-28
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