METHOD OF FACE MODELING AND ANIMATION FROM A SINGLE VIDEO STREAM

摘要

A system and a method for generating a 3D face modeling and animation using a single video camera are provided to transfer facial animation data of an actor into a facial performance of a virtual actor. A video camera(10) captures an image of an actor to generate video. A computer(20) processes the video of the actor inputted via the video camera and animate it. A digital signal processor(22) receives a facial performance video of a user from the video camera, converts the 3D facial performance video in an analog format into digital signals expressed by 0 and 1, so that the digital signals can be processed according to a mathematical operation. A face modeling unit(24) receives the video of the actor and models 3D face of the actor by frames. A D/A converter(28) converts the animation image of the 3D face processed by the face modeling unit into analog signals so as to be displayed via an output unit(30).