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Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2017
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Deng, Fremont, CA (US);

Andrew Gold, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/157 (2013.01); G06K 9/00275 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include, (1) observing, via at least one sensor, at least one attribute of a user, (2) mapping the observed attribute of the user to a computer-generated avatar that represents the user, (3) determining a level of realism for the avatar, with the level of realism specifying a relationship between an appearance of the avatar and an actual appearance of the user, and (4) dynamically adjusting a computer-generated presentation of the avatar in accordance with the determined level of realism. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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