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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2003
Jinho Lee, Columbus, OH (US);
Baback Moghaddam, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);
Raghu Machiraju, Dublin, OH (US);
Jinho Lee, Columbus, OH (US);
Baback Moghaddam, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);
Raghu Machiraju, Dublin, OH (US);
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method reconstructs or synthesizes heads from 3D models of heads and 2D silhouettes of heads. A 3D statistical model is generated from multiple real human heads. The 3D statistical model includes a model parameter in the form of basis vectors and corresponding coefficients. Multiple 2D silhouettes of a particular head are acquired using a camera for example. The 3D statistical model is fitted to multiple 2D silhouettes to determine a particular value of the model parameter corresponding to the plurality of 2D silhouettes. Then, the 3D statistical model is rendered according to the particular value of the model parameter to reconstruct the particular head.