Global Patent Index - EP 2175950 A1

EP 2175950 A1 20100421 - APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AVATAR CUSTOMISATION

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AVATAR CUSTOMISATION

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR AVATAR-MASSAUSLEGUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE PERSONNALISATION D'AVATAR

Publication

EP 2175950 A1 20100421 (EN)

Application

EP 08762523 A 20080704

Priority

  • GB 2008002321 W 20080704
  • GB 0713186 A 20070706

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2450757A] An entertainment device comprises skeletal modelling means to control placements of a three dimensional mesh representing some or all of a user avatar in response to the position of one or more skeletal components of the user avatar, skeleton modification means to modify one or more physical properties of one or more skeletal components of the user avatar via a user interface, and rendering means to render the user avatar responsive to the modified user avatar skeleton. Also disclosed is administering a multi-player online virtual environment, comprising reception means to receive data descriptive of respective modified avatar skeletons from a plurality of remote entertainment devices, and transmission means to transmit data descriptive of respective modified avatar skeletons to a plurality of remote entertainment devices.

IPC 8 full level

A63F 13/12 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06T 13/40 (2013.01 - EP US); G06T 19/20 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 67/131 (2022.05 - EP US); A63F 2300/5553 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2300/6018 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2300/66 (2013.01 - EP US); G06T 2219/2021 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2009007701A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 0713186 D0 20070815; GB 2450757 A 20090107; EP 2175950 A1 20100421; JP 2010532890 A 20101014; US 2010203968 A1 20100812; WO 2009007701 A1 20090115

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 0713186 A 20070706; EP 08762523 A 20080704; GB 2008002321 W 20080704; JP 2010514129 A 20080704; US 66777508 A 20080704