Posture creation with tool pickup

摘要

Computer simulation generates improved 3D images of human movement involving an object associated with the human character. A set of axes in 3 dimensional space is originally defined for tracking orientation of the human character in a 3D image. This set of axes is subsequently automatically applied to and used for object(s) carried by the human character. The object is displayed at a constant (same, unchanged) orientation while the human character is illustrated moving in certain ways in succeeding 3D images.

主权项

1. A method of generating 3D images for computer simulation, in a computer-based simulation, comprising:
displaying a 3D image having a subject and a user-selected object, movement of the subject in the 3D image being defined with respect to a first set of axes in 3 dimensional space, and movement of the user-selected object in the 3D image being defined with respect to a second set of axes in 3 dimensional space, the displayed 3D image showing an intersection of the subject and the user-selected object; and for images succeeding the displayed 3D image in the simulation, automatically using the first set of axes to define movement of the intersection including movement of the subject and movement of the user-selected object, in a manner omitting use of the second set of axes to define movement of the user-selected object, said automatic using the first set of axes resulting in further generated 3D images for the simulation, wherein the step of automatically using the first set of axes further includes: temporarily deactivating kinematics functioning of the simulation; coupling the first set of axes to the user-selected object; aligning the axes of the first set with that of the second set; and re-activating the kinematics functioning of the simulation.