Patents by Inventor Maury Rosenfeld

Maury Rosenfeld has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expression of animated characters
    Patent number: 6611278
    Abstract: A method for controlling and automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expressions of three dimensional animated characters using weighted morph targets and time aligned phonetic transcriptions of recorded text. The method utilizes a set of rules that determine the systems output comprising a stream of morph weight sets when a sequence of timed phonemes and/or other timed data is encountered. Other data, such as timed emotional state data or emotemes such as “surprise, “disgust, “embarrassment”, “timid smile”, or the like, may be inputted to affect the output stream of morph weight sets, or create additional streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Maury Rosenfeld
  • Method for automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expression of animated characters
    Publication number: 20020101422
    Abstract: A method for controlling and automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expressions of three dimensional animated characters using weighted morph targets and time aligned phonetic transcriptions of recorded text. The method utilizes a set of rules that determine the systems output comprising a stream of morph weight sets when a sequence of timed phonemes and/or other timed data is encountered. Other data, such as timed emotional state data or emotemes such as “surprise, “disgust, “embarrassment”, “timid smile”, or the like, may be inputted to affect the output stream of morph weight sets, or create additional streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: PLANET BLUE
    Inventor: Maury Rosenfeld
  • Method for automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expression of animated characters
    Patent number: 6307576
    Abstract: A method for controlling and automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expressions of three dimensional animated characters using weighted morph targets and time aligned phonetic transcriptions of recorded text. The method utilizes a set of rules that determine the systems output comprising a stream of morph weight sets when a sequence of timed phonemes and/or other timed data is encountered. Other data, such as timed emotional state data or emotemes such as “surprise, “disgust, “embarrassment”, “timid smile”, or the like, may be inputted to affect the output stream of morph weight sets, or create additional streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Inventor: Maury Rosenfeld