Patent ID: 9589357
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a process for avatar-based video encoding to be carried out, the process comprising: recording a video of a user; extracting from the video a video frame that captures a front-face image of the user; constructing from the front-face image of the user an avatar model configured to be animated based on one or more facial expressions of the user detected during video recording; and reconstructing the recorded video as an avatar-based video using the avatar model, wherein reconstructing comprises categorizing a first movement of the user in the recorded video as a head rigid movement, categorizing a second movement of the user in the recorded video as a facial expression movement, and processing the second movement as a facial expression in response to categorizing the second movement.