Audio and video synthesis method and system

A method of synthesising a moving image in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image, in which translation of a segment into parameters includes generation of a parameter track that defines the change of a parameter with time

A method for synchronising a display that will be associated with synthesised audio output in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image.

A method for synchronising an image representative of a human head and simulated human vocal output in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image.

A method of synthesising a moving anthropomorphic image in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image.

A method of synthesising a moving image in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image, in which the method employs a set of data to define synthesised audio signals and a set of data to define synthesised video signals.

A method of synthesising a moving image in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image, in which the method includes a step of translating segment descriptors into parameters that define an audio output and a step of translating segment descriptors into parameters that define a video output.

A method of synthesising a moving image in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image, and the method includes a further step of rendering an image as defined by the parameters.

A method of synthesising a moving image in which a configuration of a feature in an image is defined by one or more parameters and the progress of transition of one value of a parameter to another is controlled by one or more predefined rules, in which the value of each parameter defines the instantaneous position of a particular physical entity represented in the synthesised image, in which method each parameter has a minimal and a maximal value that define respective first and second extreme positions for vertices in the said feature in an image.

A video image synthesis system comprising:

• a. an input stage for receiving a stream of data that defines a sequence of segment descriptors,
• b. a first translation stage for translating the segment descriptors into a plurality of parameter tracks for controlling a video output and
• c. a plurality of parameter tracks for controlling an audio output.

A system according to claim 42 in which the translation table includes a target value for each parameter to be achieved for each descriptor segment.

A system according to claim 43 in which each of the translation table includes a rank for each segment descriptor.

A system according to claim 44 in which, at a transition between two segments, the segment that has a higher rank predominates in defining the track followed by parameters during the transition between the segments.