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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Loomai, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kiran Bhat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mahesh Ramasubramanian, La Cañada, CA (US);
Michael Palleschi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew A. Johnson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ian Sachs, Larkspur, CA (US);
Assignee:
LoomAi, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06K 9/00308 (2013.01); G06K 9/00315 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for animating expressions of 3D models from captured images of a user's face in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In many embodiments, expressions are identified based on landmarks from images of a user's face. In certain embodiments, weights for morph targets of a 3D model are calculated based on identified landmarks and/or weights for predefined facial expressions to animate expressions for the 3D model.