US 12,169,891 B2
Stylized animatable representation
Daniel Stephen Wilde, Cambridge (GB); Xian Xiao, London (GB); Marta Malgorzata Wilczkowiak, Cambridge (GB); and Thomas Joseph Cashman, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,263.
Prior Publication US 2024/0169634 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 13/40 (2013.01) [G06T 17/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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15. An apparatus for computing a stylized, animatable representation of a subject from a family of stylized animatable representations, the apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a memory storing a realistic representation of the subject and storing instructions which when executed by the processor:
compute a mesh mapping using a model that was formed using a first training example and a second training example which pair realistic representations of other subjects with instances of the family, wherein computing the mesh mapping comprises:
selecting the first training example and the second training example from nearest neighbors of the realistic representation;
computing a warp for each of the first training example and the second training example; and
aggregating the warps;
apply the mesh mapping to the realistic representation of the subject to produce a target mesh; and
select the stylized animatable representation from the family, based on closeness of the target mesh with instances of the family.