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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

May. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Faceshift Ag, Zurich, CH;

Inventors:

Sofien Bouaziz, Lausanne, CH;

Mark Pauly, Lausanne, CH;

Assignee:

faceshift AG, Zurich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06K 9/00315 (2013.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 15/503 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments relate to a method for real-time facial animation, and a processing device for real-time facial animation. The method includes providing a dynamic expression model, receiving tracking data corresponding to a facial expression of a user, estimating tracking parameters based on the dynamic expression model and the tracking data, and refining the dynamic expression model based on the tracking data and estimated tracking parameters. The method may further include generating a graphical representation corresponding to the facial expression of the user based on the tracking parameters. Embodiments pertain to a real-time facial animation system.


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