US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on June 3 for "Controlling computer-generated facial expressions" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,888, issued on June 3, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Controlling computer-generated facial expressions" was invented by Kenneth Mitchell Jakubzak (Lynnwood, Wash.), Mathew J. Lamb (Seattle) and Jouya Jadidian (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples are disclosed that relate to utilizing a facial tracking sensor for controlling computer-generated facial expressions. One example provides a method of controlling computer-generated facial expressions. The method comprises receiving a sensor value acquired via a facial tracking sensor and determining an interpolated value for the s...