METHOD FOR USING VIRTUAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

摘要

The method is for using a virtual face. The virtual face (10) is provided on a screen (9) associated with a computer system (11) having a cursor (8). A user manipulates the virtual face (10) with the cursor (8) to show a facial expression. The computer system (11) determines coordinates (53) of the facial expression. The computer system (11) searches for facial expression coordinates (54) in a database (52) to match the coordinates (53). A word or phrase (56) is identified that is associated with the identified facial expression coordinates (54). The screen (9) displays the word (56) to the user. The user may also feed a word to the computer system that displays the facial expression associated with the word.