Hidden Markov model inversion for audio-to-visual conversion in an MPEG-4 facial animation system

Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 51-61

  Choi, K ^a   Luo, Y ^a   Hwang, J N ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio to visual conversion; Facial animation; HMMI; MPEG 4

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANIMATION; FACE RECOGNITION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPEECH PROCESSING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AUDIO-TO-VISUAL CONVERSION; FACIAL ANIMATION SYSTEM; HIDDEN MARKOV MODE INVERSION; MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP; SYNTHETIC VIDEO; VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SYSTEM;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 0035426641     PISSN: 13875485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011171430700     Document Type: Article

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