Electronic device for generating image including 3d avatar reflecting face motion through 3d avatar corresponding to face and method of operating same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023394775-A1
Application number	US-202318452883-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 21, 2023
Priority date	Feb 23, 2018
Publication date	Dec 7, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a display, and a processor configured to obtain a first image including one or more external objects by using the camera, display to output a three-dimensional (3D) object generated based on attributes related to a face among the one or more external objects using the display, receive a selection of at least one graphic attribute from a plurality of graphic attributes which can be applied to the 3D object, generate a 3D avatar for the face based on the at least one graphic attribute, and generate a second image including at least one object reflecting a predetermined facial expression or motion using the 3D avatar.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a touchscreen display, and at least one processor configured to: display, via the touchscreen display, an execution screen of a message application, wherein the execution screen of the message application includes a plurality of icons respectively related to a message to be transmitted to a counterpart, and a virtual keyboard including a plurality of objects for receiving a character, receive, on the execution screen of the message application, a first user input with respect to a first icon among the plurality of icons, wherein the first icon is an icon configured to display a plurality of three-dimensional facial avatar character on the execution screen of the message application, based on the reception of the first user input, replace the plurality of objects for receiving the character with the plurality of three-dimensional facial avatar character, and display the plurality of three-dimensional facial avatar character on the execution screen of the message application, receive, on the execution screen of the message application, a second user input with respect to a first three-dimensional facial avatar character among the plurality of three-dimensional facial avatar character, based on the reception of the second user input, display, on the execution screen of the message application, a plurality of graphic objects corresponding to the first three-dimensional facial avatar character, wherein the plurality of graphic objects includes a predetermined facial expression or a gesture, receive, on the execution screen of the message application, a third user input with respect to a first graphic object among the plurality of graphic objects corresponding to the first three-dimensional facial avatar character, based on the reception of the third user input, display, on the execution screen of the message application, a send icon configured to transmit the first graphic object to the counterpart and a preview with respect to the first graphic object, receive, on the execution screen of the message application, a fourth user input with respect to the send icon while the preview with respect to the first graphic object is displayed on the execution screen of the message application, and based on the reception of the fourth user input, transmit the first graphic object to the counterpart, wherein the transmitted first graphic object is displayed with a text message transmitted with the first graphic object to the counterpart.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a format of the first three-dimensional avatar character is graphic interchange format (GIF).

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first three-dimensional avatar character is capable of being transmitted using a plurality of applications, and wherein the plurality of applications include a message application, a social networking service (SNS) application, and an e-mail application.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify a facial expression of the user based on a at least one image obtained via a at least one camera.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to, based on at least one graphic attribute from among a plurality of graphic attributes, generate a plurality of three-dimensional templates for generating the first three-dimensional avatar character.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Wooyong
• Kim Yonggyoo
• Min Byunghyun
• Son Dongil
• Yoon Chanhee
• Lee Kihuk
• Cheong Cheolho

Classifications

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06T19/20 Primary

  Editing of three-dimensional [3D] images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts · CPC title

• G06T2207/30201

  Face · CPC title

• G06T13/40 Primary

  of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings · CPC title

• G06T11/001

  Physics · mapped topic