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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Colopl, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Junya Fukushige, Tokyo, JP;
COLOPL, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to, on a basis of data including information capable of specifying a motion input by a performer who plays a character arranged in a virtual space and a speech of the performer, produce a behavior of the character, to enable the character viewed from a predetermined point of view in the virtual space to display on a predetermined display unit, and to enable a sound depending on the speech of the performer to output. A behavior of a mouth of the character in the virtual space is controlled based on the data, a next facial expression to be taken as the facial expression of the character is specified in accordance with a predetermined rule, and switching control is performed on the facial expression of the character in the virtual space to the facial expression, which is specified by the step of specifying, with lapse of time.