A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCRIPTING INTERACTIVE ANIMATED ACTORS - Patent 0919031

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EP 0 919 031 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/22

(21)	Application number: 97935290.0

(22)	Date of filing: 01.08.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A63F 13/ 10^{( . )}
G06N 3/ 00^{( . )}

A63F 13/ 12^{( . )}
G06T 13/ 40^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/013664

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/006043 (12.02.1998 Gazette 1998/06)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

02.08.1996 US 19960023052P

(71)	Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
	New York, NY 10012-1091 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PERLIN, Kenneth New York, NY 10003 (US) GOLDBERG, Athomas Brooklyn, NY 11215 (US)

(74)	Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al
	Boult Wade Tennant 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ London EC4A 1PQ (GB)

(54)	A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCRIPTING INTERACTIVE ANIMATED ACTORS