VIDEO APPLICATION NODE

摘要

This invention relates to a video conversation application, which includes the detection of facial characteristics and movements of a human being by one video terminal and the generation of a synthesized animated graphical representation, which is sent to another video terminal. The coding algorithms for this application require high processing capacity that makes it unsuitable for video terminals with limited processing capacity (such as for example mobile telephones). The invention solves this problem by implementing the algorithms in a centralised video application server (4100) instead of in the video terminals (4200, 4300). Different graphical representations can be selected and modified by the users themselves from the video terminals. The invention has a particular use as an amusement feature in mobile video telephony conversations.