Abstract: System and method for extracting human pose information from an image, comprising a feature extractor connected to a database, a convolutional neural network (CNN) with a plurality of CNN layers. Said system/method further comprising at least one of the following modules: a 2D body skeleton detector for determining 2D body skeleton information from the human-related image features; a body silhouette detector for determining body silhouette information from the human-related image features; a hand silhouette detector for determining hand silhouette detector from the human-related image features; a hand skeleton detector for determining hand skeleton from the human-related image features; a 3D body skeleton detector for determining 3D body skeleton from the human-related image features; and a facial keypoints detector for determining facial keypoints from the human-related image features.

Abstract: System and method for extracting human pose information from an image, comprising a feature extractor connected to a database, a convolutional neural network (CNN) with a plurality of CNN layers. Said system/method further comprising at least one of the following modules: a 2D body skeleton detector for determining 2D body skeleton information from the human-related image features; a body silhouette detector for determining body silhouette information from the human-related image features; a hand silhouette detector for determining hand silhouette detector from the human-related image features; a hand skeleton detector for determining hand skeleton from the human-related image features; a 3D body skeleton detector for determining 3D body skeleton from the human-related image features; and a facial keypoints detector for determining facial keypoints from the human-related image features.

Abstract: The method for on-screen animation includes providing a digital world including image object elements and defining autonomous image entities (AIE). Each AIE may represent a character or an object that is characterized by i) attributes defining the AIE relatively to the image objects elements of the digital world, and ii) behaviours for modifying some of the attributes. Each AIE is associated to animation clips allowing representing the AIE in movement in the digital world. Virtual sensors allow the AIE to gather data information about image object elements or other AIE within the digital world. Decision trees are used for processing the data information resulting in selecting and triggering one of the animation cycle or selecting a new behaviour. A system embodying the above method is also provided. The method and system for on-screen animation of digital entities according to the present invention can be used for creating animation for movies, for video games, and for simulation.