Patents by Inventor Royal Dwayne Winchester

Royal Dwayne Winchester 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).

  • REAL-TIME ANIMATION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
    Publication number: 20110304629
    Abstract: Animation of a character, such as a video game avatar, to reflect facial expressions of an individual in real-time is described herein. An image sensor is configured to generate a video stream, wherein frames of the video stream include a face of an individual. Facial recognition software is utilized to extract data from the video stream that is indicative of facial expressions of the individual. A three-dimensional rig is driven based at least in part upon the data that is indicative of facial expressions of the individual, and an avatar is animated to reflect the facial expressions of the user in real-time based at least in part upon the three-dimensional rig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Royal Dwayne Winchester