Abstract: A yarn storage container for storing a yarn, said storage container (101) comprising a, preferably tubular, container (101), having an axial length (L), a, preferably tubular, wall (501) and a first and second axial extremity (113-115), the first axial extremity (113) of said container (101) having an opening (123) for receiving an end of a yarn (200), said second axial extremity (115) of said container (101) being air-permeably closed, said wall (501) is air permeable by means of a plurality of openings (521-523) present along the axial length of said container (101). The invention further relates to a yarn storage system (1000) comprising a plurality of containers (101), to a textile production assembly (2000) and to methods of producing yarn (200) and textiles.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing three-dimensional facial modeling and visual speech synthesis. In various embodiments, a computing system might determine an orientation, size, and location of a face in a received input image; retrieve a three-dimensional model template comprising a face and head; project the input image onto the model template to generate a three-dimensional model; define, on the model, a polygon mesh in a region of facial feature corresponding to feature in the input image; adjust parameters on the model; and display the model. The computing system might parse a text string into allophonic units; encode each allophonic unit into a point(s) in linguistic space corresponding to mouth movements; retrieve, from a codebook, indexed images/morphs corresponding to encoded points in the linguistic space; render the indexed images/morphs into an animation of the three-dimensional model; synchronize, for output, the animation with audio representations of the text string.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing three-dimensional facial modeling and visual speech synthesis. In various embodiments, a computing system might determine an orientation, size, and location of a face in a received input image; retrieve a three-dimensional model template comprising a face and head; project the input image onto the model template to generate a three-dimensional model; define, on the model, a polygon mesh in a region of facial feature corresponding to feature in the input image; adjust parameters on the model; and display the model. The computing system might parse a text string into allophonic units; encode each allophonic unit into a point(s) in linguistic space corresponding to mouth movements; retrieve, from a codebook, indexed images/morphs corresponding to encoded points in the linguistic space; render the indexed images/morphs into an animation of the three-dimensional model; synchronize, for output, the animation with audio representations of the text string.