Facial image processing methods and systems
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1. A facial image-processing method comprising:
- illuminating a face with illumination, wherein the illumination comprises;
a first light source that is polarized and selected so that specularly-suppressed reflective properties of the face can be ascertained; and
a second light source that projects a structured pattern onto the face, while simultaneously illuminating the face with the first light source; and
contemporaneously capturing structure data describing the face'"'"'s structure and reflectance data describing reflectance properties of the face from the illumination, whereby the captured structure data and reflectance data is communicated to a computer to be processed.
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Abstract
In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject'"'"'s face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.
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1. A facial image-processing method comprising:
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illuminating a face with illumination, wherein the illumination comprises; a first light source that is polarized and selected so that specularly-suppressed reflective properties of the face can be ascertained; and a second light source that projects a structured pattern onto the face, while simultaneously illuminating the face with the first light source; and contemporaneously capturing structure data describing the face'"'"'s structure and reflectance data describing reflectance properties of the face from the illumination, whereby the captured structure data and reflectance data is communicated to a computer to be processed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A facial image-processing method comprising:
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illuminating a face with a first light source that is polarized and selected so that specularly-suppressed reflective properties of the face can be ascertained; illuminating the face with a second light source that projects a structured pattern onto the face, while simultaneously illuminating the face with the first light source; capturing both specularly-suppressed reflection data and structure data from the simultaneous illumination, whereby the captured specularly-suppressed reflection data and structure data is communicated to a computer to be processed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A facial image processing system comprising:
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a facial illumination system that is configured to provide multiple different light sources at the same time for illuminating a subject'"'"'s face, the multiple different light sources comprising; a first light source that is polarized and selected so that specularly-suppressed reflective properties of the face can be ascertained; and a second light source that projects a structured pattern onto the face, while simultaneously illuminating the face with the first light source; and a data-capturing system configured to capture both structure data and reflectance data from the subject'"'"'s face when illuminated by the facial illumination system, whereby the captured structure data and reflectance data is communicated to a computer to be processed. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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