Creating animations

• Main Authors: SELLEN ABIGAIL, LINDLEY SIAN ELIZABETH, HELMES JOHN, CAO XIANG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.12.2012
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CALCULATING; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROGRAPHY; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

Animation creation is described, for example, to enable children to create, record and play back stories. In an embodiment, one or more children are able to create animation components such as characters and backgrounds using a multi-touch panel display together with an image capture device. For example, a graphical user interface is provided at the multi-touch panel display to enable the animation components to be edited. In an example, children narrate a story whilst manipulating animation components using the multi-touch display panel and the sound and visual display is recorded. In embodiments image analysis is carried out automatically and used to autonomously modify story components during a narration. In examples, various types of handheld view-finding frames are provided for use with the image capture device. In embodiments saved stories can be restored from memory and retold from any point with different manipulations and narration.