Human Face Image Creation for Virtual Space Teleconferencing Using Camera Input Images

Since the human face plays an important role in man-to-man communication, systems enabling distant users to communicate while viewing each others' face have been demanded. Recently, virtual teleconferencing systems which bring distant users together through the communication network by displaying avatars in three-dimensional virtual space have been developped to satisfy these demands. A high-speed and high-precision human face image creation method using camera input images is proposed to realize natural communication in such systems. A fundamental experiment using a single person's face showed good results that realistic human face images from arbitrary directions could be created and displayed with high speed and precision.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2000
• Where: MVA
• Authors: Hajime Sato, Nobuyoshi Terashima, Hideyoshi Tominaga
• Keywords: Distant Users, Human Face, MVA 2000, MVA 2007, Virtual Teleconferencing Systems