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From: charlie@celia.UUCP (Charlie Gibson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Brief SIGGRAPH Synopsis
Keywords: Skeleton Coordinate System,
Message-ID: <792@celia.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 90 19:33:54 GMT
References: <1861@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <7395@helios.TAMU.EDU> <398@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: celia!charlie@usc.edu (Charlie Gibson)
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In article <398@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> murray@vs2.scri.fsu.edu (John Murray) writes:
>In article <7395@helios.TAMU.EDU> genetti@cs.tamu.edu (Jon Genetti) writes:
>>In article <1861@idunno.Princeton.EDU> markv@gauss.Princeton.EDU (Mark VandeWettering) writes:
>>
>>Another nice one was, I forget the title, but it had a metallic T that turned
>>into shoulders and arms of a bodybuilder and was flexing.  Very realistic.
>>Does anyone know if they presented a paper on it or at least has a pointer
>>to something that explains how they did it?
>
>I don't know if the technique has been published anywhere. That bit you saw,
>"In search of muscular Axis," was by Polygon Pictures. Also, remember the
>"Dancing Sony" piece, with each letter in the Sony logo twisting about
>itself? Also by Polygon, using the same technique, according to the Theater
>program. Polygon calls it their Skeleton Coordinate System. Done with in-
>house software. That's the best I can do for a pointer.

I have the thesis paper by Toshiashi Katoh entitled "Skeleton Coordinate
System" from his research done at Hiroshima University, but it's in 
Japanese.  Sorry.

If you are really interested, here is his mailing address:


    Toshiashi Katoh
    Polygon Pictures
    Bond Street T11
    2-2-43 Higashi Shinagawa
    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140
    JAPAN

I'd watch these guys, at least is you are interested in Japanese computer
animation production.  I think they are poised to become the top graphics
production organization in Japan.
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