Movement of a virtual articulated object in a virtual environment by preventing collisions between the articulated object and the environment
CA 2483083 C · Owner: Snecma · Inventors: Maille, Bruno; Ramstein, Edouard; Chedmail, Patrick
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The process pertains to the field of simulating the movement of a virtual articulated object in a virtual environment. Specifically the process concerns avoiding collisions between the articulated object and its environment. The process moves a virtual articulated object according to a succession of elementary movements in a virtual environment (13) the articulated object (10) being referenced in this environment (13) by general positioning general direction and a multitude of articulation angles the process consisting in the following steps: using a computer (1) calculate an interaction distance between the articulated object (10) and its environment (13); extract the said interaction …
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- Filed October 22, 2004 and granted December 24, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 22, 2024.
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