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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yuan Jin, Shanghai, CN;
Cheng Yu Peng, Shanghai, CN;
Yin Qian, Shanghai, CN;
Xiao Rui Shao, Shanghai, CN;
Jian Jun Wang, Xian, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for converting a first language of a soundtrack of a person speaking in a video to a second language. The method defines an outline of a shape of a mouth opening of the person speaking a syllable of a word of the first language in the video at a given start time by selecting a predetermined number of points along a border of the mouth opening defined by the lips. A length of the spoken syllable is also measured and one or more adjacent syllables are combined to create a word. The word is translated into synonym words in the second language, the best fit synonym word is selected that most closely matches the mouth shape of the first language word, and a mouth shape adjustment script is applied to fine tune the mouth shape of the best fit synonym word.