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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell Belfer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chie-Jin Cheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steve Librande, Milpitas, CA (US);
Va-On Tam, Sam Mateo, CA (US);
Bin Zhang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
nFX Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395141 ; 395133 ; 395173 ;
Abstract
Synthesis of novel images from example images is achieved by interpolating among example images based on user selection of parameter values in a hierarchy of networks referred to as parent networks and child networks. Child networks describe distinct physical characteristics of the image, such as thickness of eyebrows. Parent networks describe more general or abstract characteristics related to the image, such as emotional states expressed by the image.