Patent ID: 6400374
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F,G06T,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
A graphic image system comprising:a source of a first video signal representing a first image including a moving human subject having a head with a face; an image position estimating system for estimating the instantaneous position of said head of said human subject; a source of a second signal representing a second image including a character having a head with a mask outline, wherein said mask outline moves in response to the instantaneous position of said head in said first image; and means, responsive to said position estimating system and to said first and second signals, for dynamically defining an estimated boundary of said face of said human subject in said first image and for merging the face in said first image, as limited by said estimated boundary, with the second image within the mask outline to generate a third signal representing an animated avatar having said face presented in said mask outline.