Computer graphics animations of talking faces based on stochastic models

Author

Brooke, N.M. ; Scott, S.D.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Math. Sci., Bath Univ., UK

fYear

1994

fDate

13-16 Apr 1994

Firstpage

73

Abstract

Animated computer graphics displays of the visible speech gestures of the human face have a number of potential applications. The paper describes a novel method for their creation by bringing together two statistically-based techniques, namely hidden Markov modelling and principal component analysis. The animations are derived from images of a real speaker´s face and incorporate all the visible features of the primary articulators, including the lips, teeth and tongue, in a graphical display which does not use an artificial facial model. A pilot `video speech synthesiser´ of this kind has been implemented and tested on spoken digit strings

Keywords

computer animation; data compression; hidden Markov models; image coding; speech synthesis; statistical analysis; stochastic processes; video signals; computer graphics displays; graphical display; hidden Markov modelling; human face; lips; primary articulators; principal component analysis; spoken digit strings; statistically-based techniques; stochastic models; talking faces; teeth; tongue; video speech synthesiser; visible speech gestures; Application software; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Face; Facial animation; Hidden Markov models; Humans; Principal component analysis; Speech synthesis; Stochastic processes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Speech, Image Processing and Neural Networks, 1994. Proceedings, ISSIPNN '94., 1994 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1865-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIPNN.1994.344962

Filename

344962