Layering method for feather animation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7649535
APP PUB NO 20070270092A1
SERIAL NO

11408805

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A method of animating feather elements includes: specifying initial positions for a skin surface and for feather elements; specifying positions for the skin surface at an animated time; determining a feather-ordering sequence for placing the feather elements on the skin surface; determining positions for skirt elements that provide spatial extensions for the skin surface at the animated time; determining positions for feather-proxy elements that provide spatial extensions for the feather elements at the animated time; and determining positions for the feather elements at the animated time by extracting the feather elements from the feather-proxy elements. The feather-proxy elements are determined from the skirt elements according to the feather-ordering sequence, and the feather-proxy elements satisfy a separation criterion for avoiding intersections between the feather-proxy elements.

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DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC1000 FLOWER STREET GLENDALE CA 91201

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gornowicz, Galen Gerald Pasadena, US 3 8
Weber, Andrew John Glendale, US 1 1

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