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US 11,600,033 B2Granted
System and method for creating avatars or animated sequences using human body features extracted from a still image
AssigneeImplementation Apps LLC
InventorsAyla Mandel, David Mandel, Stephen D. Williams
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Abstract
A user may create an avatar and/or animated sequence illustrating a particular object or living being performing a certain activity, using images of portions of the object or living being extracted from a still image or set of still images of the object or living being.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring information received from one or more sources, wherein the one or more sources comprise one or both of a social media website and a news website;
- determining a common theme according to the information received from the sources;
- gathering a plurality of images according to the common theme;
- determining characteristics according to the plurality of images;
- receiving an input from an end-user;
- generating an avatar depicting an object;
- and
- generating a background for the avatar, wherein the background comprises one or more images selected from the plurality of images according to the input from the end-user and according to one or more of the characteristics.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors for communicatively coupling to a communication network and operably coupled to a display device, the one or more processors operable to:
- monitor information received from one or more sources, wherein the one or more sources comprise one or both of a social media website and a news website;
- determine a common theme according to the information received from the sources;
- gather a plurality of images according to the common theme;
- determine characteristics according to the plurality of images;
- receive an input from an end-user;
- generate an avatar depicting an object;
- and
- generate a background for the avatar, wherein the background comprises one or more images selected from the plurality of images according to the input from the end-user and according to one or more of the characteristics.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a plurality of code sections, each code section comprising a plurality of instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform the actions of a method, the actions comprising:
- monitoring information received from one or more sources, wherein the one or more sources comprise one or both of a social media website and a news website;
- determining a common theme according to the information received from the sources;
- gathering a plurality of images according to the common theme;
- determining characteristics according to the plurality of images;
- receiving an input from an end-user;
- generating an avatar depicting an object;
- and
- generating a background for the avatar, wherein the background comprises one or more images selected from the plurality of images according to the input from the end-user and according to one or more of the characteristics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.