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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2022
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Eth Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), Zürich, CH;
Dominik Thabo Beeler, Egg, CH;
Derek Edward Bradley, Zurich, CH;
Eftychios Dimitrios Sifakis, Verona, WI (US);
Gaspard Zoss, Zurich, CH;
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US);
ETH ZÜRICH (EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH), Zurich, CH;
Abstract
A modeling engine generates a prediction model that quantifies and predicts secondary dynamics associated with the face of a performer enacting a performance. The modeling engine generates a set of geometric representations that represents the face of the performer enacting different facial expressions under a range of loading conditions. For a given facial expression and specific loading condition, the modeling engine trains a Machine Learning model to predict how soft tissue regions of the face of the performer change in response to external forces applied to the performer during the performance. The modeling engine combines different expression models associated with different facial expressions to generate a prediction model. The prediction model can be used to predict and remove secondary dynamics from a given geometric representation of a performance or to generate and add secondary dynamics to a given geometric representation of a performance.