Patent ID: 11928255
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method of facilitating a user's control of a virtual player within a multiplayer entertainment program using facial distortions, comprising:
defining a lexicon of symbolic virtual-player control signals which a user may specify in order to control a behavior of a virtual player within a multiplayer entertainment program;
defining, for each symbolic virtual-player control signal in the lexicon, a user-manifested facial-distortion signal comprising, at least in part, one of a geometry of one of the user's face, head, neck, and shoulders, and an alteration of a geometry of one of the user's face, head, neck, and shoulders;
obtaining a symbolic virtual-player control signal from a measurement provided by at least one sensor of a geometry of one of the user's face, head, neck, and shoulders;
identifying within the lexicon a symbolic virtual-player control signal associated with the measurement;
implementing the identified symbolic virtual-player control signal to alter a behavior of the virtual player within the multiplayer-entertainment-program.