METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHOTOREALISTIC THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF FACE BASED ON IMAGE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC G06T1/00 

FIELD: physics; image processing.

SUBSTANCE: proposed is a device and method of three-dimensional photorealistic simulation of a head based on an image. The method of creating a three-dimensional photorealistic model of a head involves detection of frontal and profile distinctive features in input frontal and profile images. A three-dimensional model of a head is generated through adjustment of the three-dimensional universal model. Using the detected distinctive features of the face, three-dimensional texture is generated from the input frontal and profile images and the texture is displayed on the three-dimensional model of the head. In this device and method, data obtained using a relatively cheap device, such as a digital camera, can be processed automatically, and satisfactory results can be obtained even from imperfect input data.

EFFECT: possibility of automatic extraction of distinctive features of a face, using a reliable algorithm for analysing a face with "quality attributable to a person".

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