Robotic system for synchronously reproducing facial...

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2005-12-19

2010-06-15

Nguyen, Kim T (Department: 3661)

Data processing: generic control systems or specific application

Specific application, apparatus or process

Robot control

Reexamination Certificate

active

07738997

ABSTRACT:
A robotic system and a related method for reproducing a real person's facial expression and speech simultaneously and synchronously is provided herein. The robotic system comprises at least a robotic head which in turn comprises a speaker, a plurality of face actuators, and a computing engine. The robotic head drives the speaker and the face actuators synchronously based on a speech segment and a sequence of time-stamped control vectors so that the robotic system could mimic a real person's facial expression and speech. The speech segment and the sequence of time-stamped control vectors are retrieved from a storage device of the robotic system, or from an external source via an appropriate communication mechanism.

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F. Pighin, et al., “Synthesizing Realistic Facial Expressions from Photographs,” SIGGRAPH 98 Conference Proceedings, ACM SIGGRAPH, Jul. 1998, pp. 75-84.

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