Title :
Labial coarticulation modeling for realistic facial animation
Author :
Cosi, Piero ; Caldognetto, Emanuela Magno ; Perin, Giulio ; Zmarich, Claudio
Author_Institution :
Ist. di Sci. e Tecnologie della Cognizione, CNR, Padova, Italy
Abstract :
A modified version of the coarticulation model proposed by Cohen and Massaro (1993) is described. A semi-automatic minimization technique, working on real cinematic data, acquired by the ELITE opto-electronic system, was used to train the dynamic characteristics of the model. Finally, the model was applied with success to GRETA, an Italian talking head, and examples are illustrated to show the naturalness of the resulting animation technique.
Keywords :
computer animation; minimisation; ELITE. opto-electronic system; GRETA; Italian talking head; dynamic characteristic training; labial coarticulation modeling; real cinematic data; realistic facial animation; semi-automatic minimization technique; Audio-visual systems; Electronic mail; Engines; Facial animation; Humans; Muscles; Shape; Signal generators; Solid modeling; Speech synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Multimodal Interfaces, 2002. Proceedings. Fourth IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1834-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICMI.2002.1167047
