Patent ID: 11875458
Assignee: DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for generating an approximation of a deformation of a facial model, the method comprising:
receiving a first plurality of vertices;
generating a first set of rig parameters using a first model based on the first plurality of vertices, the first model comprising a first neural network model;
receiving a second plurality of vertices;
generating a second set of rig parameters using a second model based on the second plurality of vertices, the second model comprising a second neural network model; and
generating a composite set of rig parameters based on the first and second sets of rig parameters,
wherein:
the first plurality of vertices comprise a first plurality of control points;
the second plurality of vertices comprise a second plurality of control points;
the first plurality of control points correspond to a first region of the facial model;
the second plurality of control points correspond to a second region of the facial model that is disjoint with respect to the first region;
the first plurality of control points are disjoint with respect to the second plurality of control points;
the first plurality of vertices is provided to the first model based on the first model being associated with the first region; and
the second plurality of vertices is provided to the second model based on the second model being associated with the second region.