Patent ID: 8860729

Claim:
In a computer aided animation system, a method for retargeting the gaze of a rendered image comprising: determining an eye-line of an eye model using a computer system, wherein the eye model is simulated in virtual space; determining a gaze-object at which the eye model is directed in response to the eye-line using the computer system, wherein the gaze-object is a moving object upon which the gaze is fixed; determining a relative change in position of the gaze-object relative to the eye model using the computer system; adjusting the eye-line of the eye model to remain on the gaze-object to remain on the designated gaze-object during the change in position, wherein the adjusting uses stored data including at least one correlation between an eye-line and an eye image; rendering an image of the eye model in response to the adjusted eye-line of the eye model using the computer system; and displaying the rendered image with an adjusted image of the eye on an output device using the computer system.