Patent ID: 8077179
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for cartoonizing an image and incorporating cartoonized representations of said image into an animated video, the image including at least a person's face, the system comprising: a computer-readable medium; a cartoonizing application to cartoonize said image, said cartoonizing application comprising a library of cartoonized representations of said person's face, said cartoonized representations of said person's face comprising a series of different facial expressions or computerized distortions of said person's face, said cartoonizing application further including one or more graphics editing options for altering characteristics of said person's face; and an animation application to incorporate said cartoonized representations into corresponding templates found in an animated video based on an animated story selected from a database of predefined animated stories, said animation application incorporating said cartoonized representations into said animated video as a designated character of said animated story, said cartoonized representations being incorporated throughout and from beginning to end of said animated story for said designated character, said animation application further including one or more user selection operations for altering character parameters for said animated story that are related to said animation video and not related to manipulation of said image, wherein said cartoonizing application and said animation application are each stored on said computer-readable medium, and said animation application further comprises said database of predefined animated stories; and wherein the corresponding templates found in the animated video based on an animated story selected from each predefined animated story in said database of predefined animated stories further comprises positions assigned on each template for the animation application to insert said cartoonized representations on said template in which said cartoonized representations are predetermined to appear, the positions being defined by at least a set of coordinates and geometric shape values.