Patent ID: 7139439

Claim:
A method for generating textures for a three dimensional (3D) facial model, the method comprising: (a) extracting texture coordinates from a magnification result of a predetermined central facial portion magnified by a predetermined rate and a reduction result of a peripheral portion reduced by the predetermined rate of the magnification, by converting transformed model coordinates into pixel coordinates, the transformed model coordinates being generated by transforming a standard model for a frontal face image and at least one side face image according to a conversion function; and (b) interpolating the frontal and side face images, which are received from a user in response to the transformed model coordinates, by using the texture coordinates in units, the polygon being decided by the pixel coordinates, to obtain transformed texture, wherein the central facial portion includes a region established by the user centering upon the eyes of the face and the peripheral portion includes a region of the face except for the central facial portion of the face.