Patents by Inventor Wan-Chi HO

Wan-Chi HO 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).

  • Patent number: 10713471
    Abstract: A system and method for simulating facial expression of a virtual facial model are provided. The system stores a plurality of three-dimensional facial models corresponding to a plurality of preset sentiments one-to-one. The system identifies a present sentiment according to an acoustic signal and selects a selected model from the three-dimensional facial models according to the present sentiment, wherein the preset sentiment corresponding to the selected model is same as the present sentiment. The system predicts an upper half face image according to a lower half face image, combines the lower half face image and the upper half face image to form a whole face image, and generates a plurality of feature relationships by matching the facial features of the whole face image with the facial features of the selected model so that a virtual facial model can simulate an expression based on the feature relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
    Inventors: Rong-Sheng Wang, Wan-Chi Ho, Hsiao-Chen Chang
  • Publication number: 20200110925
    Abstract: A system and method for simulating facial expression of a virtual facial model are provided. The system stores a plurality of three-dimensional facial models corresponding to a plurality of preset sentiments one-to-one. The system identifies a present sentiment according to an acoustic signal and selects a selected model from the three-dimensional facial models according to the present sentiment, wherein the preset sentiment corresponding to the selected model is same as the present sentiment. The system predicts an upper half face image according to a lower half face image, combines the lower half face image and the upper half face image to form a whole face image, and generates a plurality of feature relationships by matching the facial features of the whole face image with the facial features of the selected model so that a virtual facial model can simulate an expression based on the feature relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Rong-Sheng WANG, Wan-Chi HO, Hsiao-Chen CHANG