University of Basel

Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Thomas Vetter

Reinhard Knothe

Sami Romdhani

Jean-Sebastian Pierrard

Michael Fahrmair

Rami Ajaj

Methods and/or systems for modeling 3-dimensional objects (for example, human faces). In certain example embodiments, methods and/or systems usable for computer animation or static manipulation or modification of modeled images (e.g., faces), image processing, or for facial (or other object) recognition methods and/or systems.

Modeling methods and systems

Disclosed is an improved algorithm for estimating the 3D shape of a 3-dimensional object, such as a human face, based on information retrieved from a single photograph by recovering parameters of a 3-dimensional model and methods and systems using the same. Beside the pixel intensity, the invention uses various image features in a multi-features fitting algorithm (MFF) that has a wider radius of convergence and a higher level of precision and provides thereby better results.

Estimating 3D shape and texture of a 3D object based on a 2D image of the 3D object

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Basel, Switzerland

Thomas Vetter