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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Eth Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), Zürich, CH;
Derek Edward Bradley, Zürich, CH;
Paulo Fabiano Urnau Gotardo, Zürich, CH;
Gaspard Zoss, Zürich, CH;
Prashanth Chandran, Zürich, CH;
Sebastian Winberg, Zürich, CH;
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), Zürich, CH;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for generating three-dimensional (3D) models and facial hair models representative of subjects (e.g., actors or actresses) using facial scanning technology. Methods accord to embodiments may be useful for performing facial capture on subjects with dense facial hair. Initial subject facial data, including facial frames and facial performance frames (e.g., images of the subject collected from a capture system) can be used to accurately predict the structure of the subject's face underneath their facial hair to produce a reference 3D facial shape of the subject. Likewise, image processing techniques can be used to identify facial hairs and generate a reference facial hair model. The reference 3D facial shape and reference facial hair mode can subsequently be used to generate performance 3D facial shapes and a performance facial hair model corresponding to a performance by the subject (e.g., reciting dialog).