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US 10,593,090 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for performing motion capture using a random pattern on capture surfaces
AssigneeRearden Mova, LLC
InventorsTimothy Cotter, Stephen G. Perlman, John Speck, Roger van der Laan, Kenneth A. Pearce, Greg LaSalle
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Abstract
A method is described comprising: applying a random pattern to specified regions of an object; tracking the movement of the random pattern during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the object using the tracked movement of the random pattern.
Claims48
A machine-implemented method comprising:
- displaying successive frames of a three-dimensional (3D) facial animation on a display device wherein at least part of each frame of the 3D facial animation is derived from a 3D mesh correlated to a same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude.
A machine-implemented method comprising:
- communicating video frames including a 3D facial animation,
- wherein at least part of each frame of the 3D facial animation is derived from a 3D mesh correlated to a same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude.
A system comprising:
- a display device wherein visible features of a 3D animated object are moved on the display device relative to the motion of a same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude on the surface of a physical object.
A system comprising:
- means for communicating video frames including a 3D facial animation;
- and
- 3D mesh means correlated to a same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude, wherein at least part of each frame of the 3D facial animation is derived from the 3D mesh means.
A machine-implemented method comprising:
- capturing the motion of some or all of a same continuous random pattern distribution by a plurality of cameras from a plurality of different angles the continuous random pattern distribution performed with material on specified regions of a performer's face the performer moving his or her face as a 3D reference for a computer-generated animated 3D face, and
- correlating successive frames of the same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude to change the geometry of successive frames of at least part of a computer-generated animated 3D face.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras capturing motion of some or all of a same continuous random pattern distribution from a plurality of angles, the continuous random pattern applied to specified regions of a performer's face,
- the performer moving his or her face as a 3D reference for a computer-generated animated 3D face;
- and
- correlating successive frames of the same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude to change the geometry of successive frames of at last part of the computer-generated animated 3D face.
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A machine-implemented method comprising:
- communicating successive frames of a three-dimensional (3D) facial animation, the 3D facial animation changing across the successive frames;
- wherein at least part of the changing in the 3D facial animation are based upon a 3D mesh whose changes are correlated to changes in a same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude.
A system comprising:
- a memory to store program code;
- and
- a processor to process the program code to perform the operations of:
- communicating video frames with motion data that includes a 3D facial animation,
- wherein at least part of each frame of the 3D facial animation is derived from a 3D mesh correlated to a same continuous random pattern distribution that is an airbrush spray pattern of phosphor-based material that is non-structured and varying spatially and varying in amplitude to a display device wherein the motion data results in the displayed motion of an animated face such that the displayed motion is relative to the motion of a random pattern that had been applied to the surface of a performer's face.
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