Capturing and processing facial motion data

Details Capturing and processing facial motion data Capturing and processing facial motion data

2006-08-25

2009-10-20

Tucker, Wesley (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Applications

Target tracking or detecting

C382S108000, C382S154000, C382S285000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07606392

ABSTRACT:
Capturing and processing facial motion data includes: coupling a plurality of sensors to target points on a facial surface of an actor; capturing frame by frame images of the plurality of sensors disposed on the facial surface of the actor using at least one motion capture camera disposed on a head-mounted system; performing, in the head-mounted system, a tracking function on the frame by frame images of the plurality of sensors to accurately map the plurality of sensors for each frame; and generating, in the head-mounted system, a modeled surface representing the facial surface of the actor.

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