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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Tahoe Research, Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Minje Park, Seoul, KR;
Tae-Hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Myung-Ho Ju, Seoul, KR;
Jihyeon Yi, Yongin-si, KR;
Xiaolu Shen, Beijing, CN;
Lidan Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Qiang Li, Beijing, CN;
Tahoe Research, Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Abstract
Avatar animation systems disclosed herein provide high quality, real-time avatar animation that is based on the varying countenance of a human face. In some example embodiments, the real-time provision of high quality avatar animation is enabled, at least in part, by a multi-frame regressor that is configured to map information descriptive of facial expressions depicted in two or more images to information descriptive of a single avatar blend shape. The two or more images may be temporally sequential images. This multi-frame regressor implements a machine learning component that generates the high quality avatar animation from information descriptive of a subject's face and/or information descriptive of avatar animation frames previously generated by the multi-frame regressor. The machine learning component may be trained using a set of training images that depict human facial expressions and avatar animation authored by professional animators to reflect facial expressions depicted in the set of training images.