Caricature generating system and method
US7486296B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A caricature generating system and method. The caricature generating system comprises an edge tracing and stroking unit, a posterizing and texturing unit, an image blending unit, a facial image adjusting unit, a cartoon theme composition unit, a styling parameters database comprising a plurality of styling parameters including the control parameters for edge tracing, stroking, posterizing, and texturing, a face adjusting parameter database comprising a plurality of face adjusting parameter set, and a cartoon theme database comprising a plurality of cartoon themes, thereby creating a caricature from a facial image. The styling parameters (including the control parameters for edge tracing, stroking, posterizing, and texturing), created manually or by a software, comprise oil paint, pastel, a wax crayon, marker pen, pen drawing, tempera paint, glue color paint, halftone, watercolor paint, block print, woodcut, color pencil, charcoal and their combinations. The face adjusting parameter set comprise adjustment factors of facial features and facial expression. The cartoon themes provide various themes for the caricature.
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