Abstract: A method of animating a sprite in a video production comprising a plurality of sequential video frames is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting (2004) a feature, with which the sprite is to be juxtaposed, in one of said video frames, applying (2006) a feature tracking process to the video production to thereby output (2008), for a series of said plurality of video frames containing the feature, a temporal-spatial record for the feature across the plurality of video frames, and compositing (2010), with the series of said plurality of video frames, a corresponding series of instantiations of the sprite dependent upon the temporal-spatial record.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2002
Date of Patent:
October 7, 2008
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventors:
John Charles Brook, Rupert William Galloway Reeve, Lena Qian, Choi Chi Evelene Ma, Julian Frank Andrew Magarey, Michael Jan Lawther, Julie Rae Kowald
Abstract: A heating-fixing device uses a heating member comprising a heat-resistant, insulative substrate and a heating element provided on the substrate. The heating element is arranged obliquely with respect to the direction in which a member to be heated is moved.