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Do-it-yourself photo realistic talking head creation system and method

  • US 7,027,054 B1
  • Filed: 08/14/2002
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for constructing a photo realistic human talking head, comprising:

  • a library of alignment templates,each said alignment template being different one from the other and representational of an alignment template frame of a photo realistic human talking head having an alignment template head angular position, comprising a template head tilt, a template head nod, and a template head swivel component,each said alignment template frame different one from the other,each said alignment template head angular position different one from the other;

    a controller,said controller selecting a said alignment template from said library of alignment templates corresponding to a specified alignment template head angular position and having an image output signal representational of said alignment template;

    a video camerasaid video camera collecting an image of a human subject having a head having a human subject head angular position, comprising a human subject head tilt, a human subject head nod, and a human subject head swivel component,said video camera having an output signal representational of said collected image of said human subject;

    a computer,said computer having an input receiving said output signal of said video camera representational of said collected image of said human subject,said computer having a mixer,said computer receiving said selected alignment template image output signal from said controller, and communicating said selected alignment template image output signal and said received collected image signal of said human subject to said mixer,said mixer receiving said selected alignment template image output signal and said communicated collected image signal of said human subject, and mixing one with the other into an output signal representational of a composite image of said collected image of said human subject and said selected alignment template, and communicating said composite image signal of said collected image of said human subject and said selected alignment template to said computer,said computer having an output signal representational of said composite image signal of said collected image of said human subject and said selected alignment template received from said mixer;

    a display,said display having an input receiving said computer output signal representational of said composite image signal of said collected image of said human subject and said selected alignment template,said display and said video camera adapted to allow said video camera to collect said image of said human subject and said human subject to view said composite image and said human subject to align said image of said head of said human subject with said alignment template head at substantially the same angular position as said specified alignment template head angular position;

    storage means storing a library of collected images of said human subject with said head of said subject at different human subject head angular positions,said computer communicating said received collected image signal of said human subject to said storage means,said storage means receiving and storing said received collected image signal of said human subject as a stored image of said human subject, when said human subject has said head of said human subject substantially aligned with said alignment template head,said stored image of said human subject having said human subject head angular position substantially the same as said specified alignment template head angular position,each said stored image in said library of collected images being different one from the other,each said stored image human subject head angular position different one from the other;

    each said stored image human subject head angular position of said library of collected images corresponding to and substantially the same as and aligned with a selected said alignment template head angular position of said library of alignment templates;

    each said stored image representing a different frame of a photo realistic human talking head.

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