Proceedings of the IEEK Conference (대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2000.11d
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- Pages.227-230
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- 2000
A Generation Method of Comic Facial Expressions for Intelligent Avatar Communications
지적 아바타 통신을 위한 코믹한 얼굴 표정의 생성법
Abstract
The sign-language can be used as an auxiliary communication means between avatars of different languages in cyberspace. At that time, an intelligent communication method can also be utilized to achieve real-time communication, where intelligently coded data (joint angles for arm gestures and action units for facial emotions) are transmitted instead of real pictures. In this paper, a method of generating the facial gesture CG animation on different avatar models is provided. At first, to edit emotional expressions efficiently, a comic-style facial model having only eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth is employed. Then generation of facial emotion animation with the parameters is also investigated. Experimental results show a possibility that the method could be used for the intelligent avatar communications between Korean and Japanese.
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