APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING VISUAL IMAGES OF LIP MOVEMENTS

摘要

An apparatus and method that creates visual images of lip movements on film, video tape, or other recorded media. Speech sounds are analyzed, digitally encoded (6) and transmitted to a data memory device (8). Stored within the data memory device (8) is a program for producing output data that creates visual images of lip movements (16) corresponding to the speech sounds. Under control of the data for the speech sounds, the graphical output from the data memory device (8) is sent to a graphic output device and related display equipment (14) to produce the graphical display (16). This display may be combined with the speech sounds so that the resultant audio-visual composite, such as a film strip, contains lip movements corresponding to the speech sounds.