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Method for automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expression of animated characters

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  • US 6,611,278 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2001
  • Issued: 08/26/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expression of three-dimensional characters comprising:

  • obtaining a first set of rules that defines a morph weight set stream as a function of phoneme sequence and times associated with said phoneme sequence;

    obtaining a plurality of sub-sequences of timed phonemes corresponding to a desired audio sequence for said three-dimensional characters;

    generating an output morph weight set stream by applying said first set of rules to each sub-sequence of said plurality of sub-sequences of timed phonemes; and

    applying said output morph weight set stream to an input sequence of animated characters to generate an output sequence of animated characters with lip and facial expression synchronized to said audio sequence.

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