US 2017/0286752 A1Published application

Automated avatar generation

AssigneeSnapchat, Inc.

InventorsMaksim Gusarov, Igor Kudriashov, Valerii Filev, Sergei Kotcur

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Abstract

Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for generating facial representations using image segmentation with a client device. The systems and methods receive an image depicting a face, detect at least a portion of the face within the image, and identify a set of facial landmarks within the portion of the face. The systems and methods determine one or more characteristics representing the portion of the face, in response to detecting the portion of the face. Based on the one or more characteristics and the set of facial landmarks, the systems and methods generate a representation of a face.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, one or more images depicting at least a portion of a face;
detecting, by the one or more processors, the portion of the face depicted within the one or more images;
identifying a set of facial landmarks within the portion of the face depicted within the one or more images;
in response to detecting the portion of the face and the set of facial landmarks, determining one or more characteristics representing the portion of the face depicted in the one or more images;
based on the one or more characteristics and the set of facial landmarks, generating a representation of a face for the at least one portion of the face depicted in the one or more images;
and
generating one or more message graphics incorporating the representation of the face, the generating of the one or more message graphics comprising generating a scaled version of the representation corresponding to a template graphic that is configured for transmission within a message, and positioning the scaled representation into the template graphic.

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A system, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, one or more images depicting at least a portion of a face;
detecting, by the one or more processors, the portion of the face depicted within the one or more images;
identifying a set of facial landmarks within the portion of the face depicted within the one or more images;
in response to detecting the portion of the face and the set of facial landmarks, determining one or more characteristics representing the portion of the face depicted in the one or more images;
based on the one or more characteristics and the set of facial landmarks, generating a representation of a face for the at least one portion of the face depicted in the one or more images;
and
generating one or more message graphics incorporating the representation of the face, the generating of the one or more message graphics comprising generating a scaled version of the representation corresponding to a template graphic that is configured for transmission within a message, and positioning the scaled representation into the template graphic.

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A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, one or more images depicting at least a portion of a face;
detecting, by the one or more processors, the portion of the face depicted within the one or more images;
identifying a set of facial landmarks within the portion of the face depicted within the one or more images;
in response to detecting the portion of the face and the set of facial landmarks, determining one or more characteristics representing the portion of the face depicted in the one or more images;
based on the one or more characteristics and the set of facial landmarks, generating a representation of a face for the at least one portion of the face depicted in the one or more images;
and
generating one or more message graphics incorporating the representation of the face, the generating of the one or more message graphics comprising generating a scaled version of the representation corresponding to a template graphic that is configured for transmission within a message, and positioning the scaled representation into the template graphic.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/086,749Filed 31 Mar 2016
Published: 5 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06V 40/171
Feature extraction; Face representation: local features and components; Facial parts ; Occluding parts, e.g. glasses; Geometrical relationships
G06T 13/40
Three-dimensional [3D] animation: of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
G06V 40/165
Detection; Localisation; Normalisation: using facial parts and geometric relationships
G06V
Image and video recognition

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