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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sofien Bouaziz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian Amberg, Zurich, CH;
Thibaut Weise, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patrick Snape, Zurich, CH;
Stefan Brugger, Basel Land, CH;
Alex Mansfield, Zurich, CH;
Reinhard Knothe, Basel, CH;
Thomas Kiser, Zurich, CH;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional model (e.g., motion capture model) of a user is generated from captured images or captured video of the user. A machine learning network may track poses and expressions of the user to generate and refine the three-dimensional model. Refinement of the three-dimensional model may provide more accurate tracking of the user's face. Refining of the three-dimensional model may include refining the determinations of poses and expressions at defined locations (e.g., eye corners and/or nose) in the three-dimensional model. The refining may occur in an iterative process. Tracking of the three-dimensional model over time (e.g., during video capture) may be used to generate an animated three-dimensional model (e.g., an animated puppet) of the user that simulates the user's poses and expressions.