A 3D face animation system for mobile devices

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mendi, Engin

Affiliations: Department of Computer Engineering, KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey

Note: [] Corresponding author. Engin Mendi, Department of Computer Engineering, KTO Karatay University, Konya 42040, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In this paper, we present a 3D face animation system rendered on mobile devices. The system automatically creates realistic facial animation from text input with emotion tags. First, an input string is converted into synthetic voice and phonetic information. Then, 3D head model performs facial movements synchronized to the speech. The proposed system offers an affordable quick solution for applications that require virtual actors speaking text in which human-machine interfaces on mobile devices can profit.

Keywords: 3D facial animation, text-to-visual speech synthesis, human-machine interfaces, rendering, mobile computing

DOI: 10.3233/IFS-120690

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 11-18, 2014