Appeal No. 1998-2569
Application No. 08/517,132
virtual world are controlled. A status switch data unit,
which includes starting and response data blocks, is used for
controlling the object motions. On an indication that an
updated virtual world condition is equal to a starting data
block condition, the motions of the object are controlled
based on the response data block.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A computer graphics animation editing system, comprising:
storage means for storing a status switch data unit
including a starting data block and a response data block, the
starting data block indicating a condition of a virtual world,
the response data block indicating a response which should
occur when the condition indicated by the starting data block
is satisfied;
calculation means for calculating an updated condition of
the virtual world;
checking means for determining whether the updated
condition of the virtual world calculated by said calculation
means is equal to the condition indicated by the starting data
block of the status switch data unit;
start processing means for causing the response indicated
by the response data block to start when said checking means
determines that the updated condition of the virtual world is
equal to the condition indicated by the starting data block of
the status switch data unit; and
display means for displaying the virtual world including
a result obtained by said start processing means.
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