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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Dominik Tobias Borer, Zurich, CH;
Martin Guay, Zurich, CH;
Jakob Joachim Buhmann, Zurich, CH;
Robert Walker Sumner, Zurich, CH;
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US);
ETH ZÜRICH (EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH), Zürich, CH;
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for learning a machine learning model that maps control data, such as renderings of skeletons, and associated three-dimensional (3D) information to two-dimensional (2D) renderings of a character. The machine learning model may be an adaptation of the U-Net architecture that accounts for 3D information and is trained using a perceptual loss between images generated by the machine learning model and ground truth images. Once trained, the machine learning model may be used to animate a character, such as in the context of previsualization or a video game, based on control of associated control points.