Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Animation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-11
2011-11-22
Hajnik, Daniel (Department: 2628)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Animation
C345S956000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08063905
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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Brown William A.
Muirhead Richard W.
Reddington Francis X.
Wolfe Martin A.
Biggers & Ohanian LLP.
Hajnik Daniel
International Business Machines - Corporation
Spraggins H. Barrett
Vallone Mark
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