Patent Document ID: 20170053663
Application ID: 14831021
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of transferring facial expressions from a subject to a computer-generated character, the method comprising: receiving positional information from a motion capture session of the subject representing a performance having facial expressions to be transferred to the computer-generated character; receiving a first animation model that represents the subject and a second animation model that represents the computer-generated character, each of the first and second animation models including a plurality of adjustable controls that define geometries of the model and that can be adjusted to present different facial expressions on the model, wherein setting the same values for corresponding sets of adjustable controls in the models generates a similar facial poses on the models; determining a solution that matches the first animation model to the positional information to reproduce the facial expressions from the performance to the first animation model, the solution including values for at least some of the plurality of adjustable controls; retargeting the facial expressions from the performance to the second animation model using the solution; and thereafter, synchronizing lip movement of the second animation model with lip movement from the first animation model.