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Method for sharing emotions through the creation of three-dimensional avatars and their interaction

  • US 10,347,028 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2018
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • at least one camera capable of acquiring at least one first image comprising a representation of at least a portion of a face; and

    at least one processor configured to;

    detect a plurality of landmarks in the at least one first image, the plurality of landmarks corresponding to respective features of the face;

    generate a three-dimensional model of the face based, at least in part, on the plurality of detected landmarks;

    in response to a request to incorporate at least one object absent from the at least one first image, generate a series of subsequent images, each subsequent image comprising a representation of at least a portion of the face generated from the three-dimensional model and a representation of at least a portion of the at least one object;

    wherein the incorporation of the at least one object includes defining one or more movements of one or more vertices, respectively, within the three-dimensional model, identifying an order and duration of the one or more movements, and applying the object to the three-dimensional model in the series of subsequent images; and

    wherein the series of subsequent images are generated in 20 or more frames per second.

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