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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
David J. Quinn, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Alan Ridgway, Warwickshire, GB;
Nicholas David Burton, Derbyshire, GB;
Carol Clark, Desborough, GB;
David T. Hill, Birmingham, GB;
Christian F. Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Yancey C. Smith, Kirkland, WA (US);
Royal D. Winchester, Sammamish, WA (US);
Iain A. McFadzen, Leicestershire, GB;
Andrew John Bastable, Warwickshire, GB;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technology is disclosed for automatically generating a facial avatar resembling a user in a defined art style. One or more processors generate a user 3D head model for the user based on captured 3D image data from a communicatively coupled 3D image capture device. A set of user transferable head features from the user 3D head model are automatically represented by the one or more processors in the facial avatar in accordance with rules governing transferable user 3D head features. In some embodiments, a base or reference head model of the avatar is remapped to include the set of user head features. In other embodiments, an avatar head shape model is selected based on the user 3D head model, and the transferable user 3D head features are represented in the avatar head shape model.