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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Weta Digital Limited, Wellington, NZ;
Inventor:
Byung Kuk Choi, Wellington, NZ;
Assignee:
UNITY TECHNOLOGIES SF, San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/00 (2011.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06N 3/084 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An animation system wherein a machine learning model is adopted to learn a transformation relationship between facial muscle movements and skin surface movements. For example, for the skin surface representing 'smile,' the transformation model derives movement vectors relating to what facial muscles are activated, what are the muscle strains, what is the joint movement, and/or the like. Such derived movement vectors may be used to simulate the skin surface 'smile.'