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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AVATAR USING EXPRESSION CONTROL POINT

  • US 20120139830A1
  • Filed: 11/30/2011
  • Published: 06/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a processor to control one or more processor-executable units;

    an expression tracking unit to track positions of feature points of a facial expression of a user and a head movement of the user;

    a feature point position resetting unit to reset the positions of the feature points of the facial expression by removing the head movement from the tracked positions of the feature points; and

    a control point generating unit to generate expression control points using an expression parameter based on the reset positions of the feature points.

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