Title :
Real-time moving human face synthesis using a parallel computer network
Author :
Hasegawa, Osamu ; Wongwarawipat, Wiwat ; Lee, Chil-Woo ; Ishizuka, Mirsuru
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan
fDate :
28 Oct-1 Nov 1991
Abstract :
The authors describe a real-time image synthesis method for a moving natural human face. In the prototype system, a parallel computer with a special high-speed visual data bus named VIT was used. For image synthesis, 16 VITs were used in the system. A texture mapping method was adopted to synthesize natural images. Natural moving human face images and emotional expressions can be synthesized at a maximum of 25 frames/s using the system. Some samples of synthesized images are shown. The hardware and software are described
Keywords :
computer networks; computer vision; image processing; parallel processing; real-time systems; VIT; computer vision; computerised picture processing; emotional expressions; moving human face synthesis; parallel computer network; real-time image synthesis; texture mapping; visual data bus; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Face; Hardware; Human factors; Humanoid robots; Image generation; Network synthesis; Prototypes; Software agents;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1991. Proceedings. IECON '91., 1991 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-688-8
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1991.239066
