Animating speech of an avatar representing a participant in a mobile communication
US8125485B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S345/957
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Animating speech of an avatar representing a participant in a mobile communication including selecting one or more images; selecting a generic animation template; fitting the one or more images with the generic animation template; texture wrapping the one more images over the generic animation template; and displaying the one or more images texture wrapped over the generic animation template. Receiving an audio speech signal; identifying a series of phonemes; and for each phoneme: identifying a new mouth position for the mouth of the generic animation template; altering the mouth position to the new mouth position; texture wrapping a portion of the one or more images corresponding to the altered mouth position; displaying the texture wrapped portion of the one or more images corresponding to the altered mouth position of the mouth of the generic animation template; and playing the portion of the audio speech signal represented by the phoneme.
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