Method for expressing social presence of virtual avatar, using change in pupil size according to heartbeats, and system employing same
AssigneeSangmyung University Seoul Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation
InventorsMyoung Ju WON, Min Cheol WHANG, Sang In PARK
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Abstract
A Method of producing a realistic virtual avatar by using a change in a pupil size according to heartbeats. The method tracks and records, in real time, a change in a pupil size of the actual user according to heartbeats of the actual user and applies the same to an eye model of a virtual avatar so as to synchronize the pupil size of the eye model with the pupil size of the actual user.
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A method of expressing a social engagement of a virtual avatar, the method comprising synchronizing a change in a size of a pupil of a virtual avatar correlated with a user according to a change in heartbeats of the user obtained from physiological information obtained from the user.
A system for expressing a social engagement of a virtual avatar, the system comprising:
- a detecting system configured to extract physiological information from a user;
- an analysis system configured to detect a change in a pupil size of the user from the physiological information;
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- a display system configured to display a virtual avatar correlated with the user and having an eye model that changes in correspondence with the change in the pupil size of the user detected by the analysis system,
- wherein a change in a size of a pupil of the virtual avatar correlated with the user is synchronized according to a change in heartbeats obtained from the physiological information obtained from the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.