Virtual character generation from image or video data

US10953334B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Electronic Arts Inc. · US

Inventors

• John Kolen · Rue de l'Église, US
• Harold Henry Chaput · Belmont, US
• Navid Aghdaie · San Jose, US
• Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman · Foster City, US
• Kenneth Alan Moss · Redwood City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V40/20
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating a customized virtual character are disclosed. A system may obtain video data or other media depicting a real person, and then may provide the obtained media to one or more machine learning models configured to learn visual appearance and behavior information regarding the particular person depicted in the video or other media. The system may then generate a custom visual appearance model and a custom behavior model corresponding to the real person, which may subsequently be used to render, within a virtual environment of a video game, a virtual character that resembles the real person in appearance and in-game behavior.