System and method for applying digital make-up in video conferencing
First Claim
1. A process for applying digital make-up to an image frame used for face to face video conferencing, comprising the process actions of:
- inputting a video frame;
processing said video frame to locate a face;
finding the features of the face; and
applying digital make-up to said face, with the exception of the eyes and any open mouth that is shown, to obtain a made-up image of said face.
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Abstract
A method of digitally adding the appearance of makeup to a videoconferencing participant. The system and method for applying digital make-up operates in a loop processing sequential video frames. For each input frame, there are typically three general steps: 1) Locating the face and eye and mouth regions; 2) Applying digital make-up to the face, preferably with the exception of the eye and open mouth areas; and 3) Blending the make-up region with the rest of the face. In one embodiment of the invention, the background in the frame containing a video conferencing participant can also be modified so that other video conferencing participants cannot clearly see the background behind the participant in the image frame. In one such embodiment of the invention, the video conferencing participant tries to make his or her own image look comical or altered. In another embodiment of the invention, a particular remote participant tries to make another participant look funny to the other participants.
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19 Claims
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1. A process for applying digital make-up to an image frame used for face to face video conferencing, comprising the process actions of:
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inputting a video frame; processing said video frame to locate a face; finding the features of the face; and applying digital make-up to said face, with the exception of the eyes and any open mouth that is shown, to obtain a made-up image of said face. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for transforming a face in an image frame used for face-to-face video conferencing, comprising
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a computer program comprising program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules of the computer program to, input a video frame; process said video frame to identify a face, the area outside of the face comprising the background; find the features of the face to identify areas that are not to be transformed; apply a transformation to the features of the face that are not in the areas that are not to be transformed; and blend the areas that are transformed with the areas that are not transformed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for transforming an image of a video conference participant, comprising the process actions of:
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inputting a video frame at a first video conferencing participant; said first video conferencing participant locating a face and its features within the video frame; said first video conferencing participant determining a transformation to be applied to said face; said first video conferencing participant sending information as to the location of the face and the features as well as the transformation to be applied to one or more video conference participants; and said one or more video conference participants applying said transformation to said video frame and blending the transformation with the video frame.
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