Motion Tracking and Image Recognition of Hand Gestures to Animate a Digital Puppet, Synchronized with Recorded Audio

21:

• A computer-readable non-transitory medium having stored thereon a digital puppet application, which when executed by a hardware processor, performs a method comprising:
• presenting a three-dimensional (3-D) digital puppet to a user on a display;
• receiving motion data corresponding to a gesture made by the user;
• receiving audio data corresponding to voice of the user for use in a 3-D digital puppet show;
• translating the motion data into digital data using a motion tracking algorithm;
• and
• creating the 3-D digital puppet show using the 3-D digital puppet by:
• animating the 3-D digital puppet, on the display, using the digital data;
• and
• playing the audio data at the same time as the animating of the 3-D digital puppet on the display, wherein playing the audio data includes synchronizing the audio data with the animating of the 3-D digital puppet.

22:

• The computer-readable non-transitory medium of claim 21, wherein when the digital puppet application is executed by the hardware processor, further performs the method comprising:
• before presenting the 3-D digital puppet to the user, presenting a plurality of 3-D digital puppets to the user on the display;
• and
• receiving a user input for selecting the 3-D digital puppet from the plurality of 3-D digital puppets.

29:

• A method comprising:
• presenting a three-dimensional (3-D) digital puppet to a user on a display;
• receiving motion data corresponding to a gesture made by the user;
• receiving audio data corresponding to voice of the user for use in a 3-D digital puppet show;
• translating the motion data into digital data using a motion tracking algorithm;
• and
• creating the 3-D digital puppet show using the 3-D digital puppet by:
• animating the 3-D digital puppet, on the display, using the digital data;
• and
• playing the audio data at the same time as the animating of the 3-D digital puppet on the display, wherein playing the audio data includes synchronizing the audio data with the animating of the 3-D digital puppet.

30:

• The method of claim 29, further comprising:
• before presenting the 3-D digital puppet to the user, presenting a plurality of 3-D digital puppets to the user on the display;
• and
• receiving a user input for selecting the 3-D digital puppet from the plurality of 3-D digital puppets.

37:

• A system for animating a three-dimensional (3-D) digital puppet, the system comprising:
• a display;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• present a three-dimensional (3-D) digital puppet to a user on a display;
• receive motion data corresponding to a gesture made by the user,
• receive audio data corresponding to voice of the user for use in a 3-D digital puppet show;
• translate the motion data into digital data using a motion tracking algorithm;
• and
• create the 3-D digital puppet show using the 3-D digital puppet by:
• animating the 3-D digital puppet, on the display, using the digital data;
• and
• playing the audio data at the same time as the animating of the 3-D digital puppet on the display, wherein playing the audio data includes synchronizing the audio data with the animating of the 3-D digital puppet.

38:

• The system of claim 37, wherein the processor is further configured to:
• before presenting the 3-D digital puppet to the user, present a plurality of 3-D digital puppets to the user on the display;
• and
• receive a user input for selecting the 3-D digital puppet from the plurality of 3-D digital puppets.