Modeling Short-Term Dynamics and Variability for Realistic Interactive Facial Animation

Author

Stoiber, Nicolas ; Breton, Gaspard ; Séguier, Renaud

Author_Institution

Orange Labs., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

2010

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

61

Abstract

A new animation system produces realistic expressive facial motion at interactive speed. It employs motion models that control facial-expression dynamics and retain the expressions´ temporal signature learned from motion capture data. A nondeterministic component ensures the variety of the long-term visual behavior. This system can efficiently animate any synthetic face.

Keywords

computer animation; emotion recognition; face recognition; image motion analysis; interactive systems; realistic images; animation system; facial-expression dynamics; interactive speed; long-term visual behavior; motion capture data; motion model; realistic expressive facial motion; realistic interactive facial animation; short-term dynamics; synthetic face; temporal signature; Displays; Facial animation; Humans; Motion control; computer graphics; facial animation; facial dynamics; graphics and multimedia; interactive animation; motion models; Face; Facial Expression; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Models, Biological; Nonlinear Dynamics; Principal Component Analysis; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2010.40

Filename

5440134