Simulation and skinning of heterogeneous texture detail deformation

Koniaris, Charalampos; Mitchell, Kenneth; Cosker, Darren

Abstract

A method is disclosed for reducing distortions introduced by deformation of a surface with an existing parameterization. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises receiving a rest pose mesh comprising a plurality of faces, a rigidity map corresponding to the rest pose mesh, and a deformed pose mesh; using the rigidity map to generate a simulation grid on the rest pose mesh, the simulation grid comprising a plurality of cells; defining a set of constraints on the simulation grid, the constraints being derived at least in part from the rigidity map; running a simulation using the simulation grid and the set of constraints to obtain a warped grid; and texture mapping the deformed pose mesh based on data from the warped grid.

• Publication Date: May 12, 2016
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2020
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2606556
• Related Public URLs: https://patents.justia.com/patent/9959662