MODELLING AN ITALIAN TALKING HEAD

Auditory-Visual Speech Processing 2001, AVSP 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 72-77

  Pelachaud, C ^a   Magno Caldognetto, E ^b   Zmarich, C ^b   Cosi, P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; SPEECH PROCESSING;

BASE FUNCTION; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FACIAL MODELING; LIP MOVEMENTS; MODEL-BASED OPC; MPEG-4 STANDARD; RADIAL BASIS; TALKING HEADS;

RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

EID: 78649242350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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