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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Evan Suma, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Gerard Medioni, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark Bolas, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ari Y. Shapiro, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Wei-Wen Feng, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Ruizhe Wang, Pasadena, CA (US);
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium may contain a program of instructions that cause a computer system running the program of instructions to automatically generate a 3D avatar of a living being, including automatically: causing one or more sensors to generate 3D data indicative of the three dimensional shape and appearance of at least a portion of the living being; and generating a virtual character based on the 3D data that can be animated and controlled.