Patent ID: 7218320

Claim:
A system for capturing combined facial and body motion, comprising: a motion capture volume adapted to contain at least one actor having body markers defining plural body points and facial markers defining plural facial points; a plurality of body motion cameras arranged around a periphery of said motion capture volume; a plurality of facial motion cameras arranged around said periphery of said motion capture volume, said facial motion cameras each having a respective field of view narrower than a corresponding field of view of said body motion cameras; said facial motion cameras being arranged such that all laterally exposed surfaces of said at least one actor while in motion within said motion capture volume are within said field of view of at least one of said plurality of facial motion cameras at substantially all times; and a motion capture processor coupled to said plurality of body motion cameras and said plurality of facial motion cameras to simultaneously receive motion capture data from said plurality of body motion cameras and said plurality of facial motion cameras, and produce a digital representation reflecting combined facial and body motion of said at least one actor.