Patent ID: 11928766
Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A system for generating a unique avatar representation of a user comprising:
a camera for capturing at least one image of the user; and
a computer in electronic communication with the camera, comprising:
a non-transitory memory component for storing a plurality of avatar facial features; and
a processor in electronic communication with the memory and configured to perform the following operations:
determine user characteristics from the at least one image, wherein the user characteristics comprise depth information and color information for a plurality of facial features of the user;
determine user landmark information from the user characteristics;
generate a user mesh based on the user depth information;
wrap the user mesh with a generic mesh to generate a wrapped mesh, wherein the wrapping is based on an alignment of one or more facial landmarks of the user mesh with one or more generic facial landmarks of the generic mesh, wherein the one or more landmarks of the user mesh are determined by the user landmark information;
subtract the generic mesh from the wrapped mesh to output an avatar mesh, wherein the avatar mesh corresponds to the avatar facial shape to be used for the avatar;
select a first avatar feature from a plurality of first avatar features based on a best fit analysis of a first facial feature of the user to the plurality of first avatar features;
select a second avatar feature from a plurality of second avatar features based on a best fit analysis of a second facial feature of the user to the plurality of second avatar features; and
generate an avatar representative of a likeness of the user that includes the first avatar feature and the second avatar feature.