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Dude it was awful. I woke up with more strippers in my dorm room than those duke lacrosse kids.
seagrams + popov + pineapple + milk. there, ur search for worlds worst drink is over. you're welcome
Best walk of shame ever. Not only did I not remember his name or the fact that we fucked, they all watched as I tried to get into 3 cars that werent mine
Oh and I threw up on myself...
hows a nice way to say "yeah i would go to your dorm, but it's snowing and I know you're not going to blow me, so what's the point"?
So i literally just wrote sorry on my quiz and turned it in.
Coming home soaking wet at three am and trying to convince the front desk man that we came from the library might have worked if I wasn't also roaring at everything.
it was a whole new experience in the world of ball fondling
literally. a puddle of blood. on the floor. still searching for the source
I need you to come over. Im crying, day drinking and working out simultaneously.
Drunk in burger king. Having it our way. Free fries. M&m sundaes.
This family outing has commenced with me throwing up in an apple orchard
Oh god. I asked to "play his sexaphone" which I though was a super sex way to say "let me blow you". He fucking walked home at 4:30am
Really stoned me is having a very serious, intent conversation with my mom about egg rolls and koolaid flavors.
I blew past the Governor's motorcade going twice the speed limit and DIDN'T get a ticket. God wants me to get laid.
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I do apologise for this, somehow we've lost a day over here in rural Brittany and, no matter how hard we look, we can't seem to find it!
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The small screen is lucky to have King Khan back. Shah Rukh would be seen on the TV show 'Sabse Shaana Kaun'. He has been signed by this new entertainment channel and is now officially the face of this channel. Shah Rukh's scheduled is currently jam packed with films. As if this wasn't eno
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December 20, 2011
US President Barack Obama issued his well-wishes to world Jewry on Tuesday to mark the occasion of the lighting of the first Hannukah light in 2011.
"Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to all those celebrating Hanukkah around the world," the White House statement said.
"This Hanukkah season we remember the powerful story of a band of believers who rose up and freed their people, only to discover that the oil left in their desecrated temple — which should have been enough for only one night — ended up lasting for eight.
"It's a timeless story of right over might and faith over doubt — one that has given hope to Jewish people everywhere for over 2,000 years.
"And tonight, as families and friends come together to light the menorah, it is a story that reminds us to count our blessings, to honor the sacrifices of our ancestors, and to believe that through faith and determination, we can work together to build a brighter, better world for generations to come.
"From our family to the Jewish Community around the world, Chag Sameach."
Early this month – on December 8 – Obama set the Jewish blogsphere alight when he jumped the gun and lit all eight candles at once.
Jackie Mason, one of Obama's most vocal Jewish critics, told Aaron Klein Investigative Radio on WABC in New York on Monday, "You want me to tell you the truth? I don't think he cares, or knows or remembers which Hanukkah it is, or what Hanukkah means."
"Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden and several guests, celebrated Hanukkah at the White House on Dec 8, reportedly so that it wouldn't interfere with the First Family's Hawaiian vacation plans," Mason added.
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PoliticsEgypt protesters reject military concessions Thousands remain in Cairo's Tahrir Square despite chairman of ruling military council pledging faster transfer of power. 23 Nov 2011 07:05 GMT | Politics, Middle East, Egypt Egyptians angry over the slow transition to civilian rule have remained in the streets of the capital and other cities, continuing their protests despite apparent concessions offered by the country's ruling military council. Tens of thousands of protesters packed central Cairo's Tahrir Square late on Tuesday night, shouting "Leave! Leave!", hours after Field Marshal Muhammed Hussein Tantawi, the chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), finished a short speech broadcast on state media. In scenes reminiscent of the 18-day uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February, the square resonated with chants of "the people want to bring down the field marshal". Live Box 20111120475439857 Tantawi promised that the military had no interest in staying in power and said a presidential election to replace the council as the country's ultimate executive authority would be held before July 2012, the first time Egypt's military rulers have set a deadline for the presidential vote. He asserted that parliamentary elections scheduled to start on November 28 would go ahead. He also suggested the possibility of a national referendum on the SCAF's rule that would return the military to its barracks should citizens vote against the council. "We ask for fair elections. We are doing our job in a very special era," he said. "We do not care who runs for elections and who is elected president and yet we are accused of being biased," he said. The concessions followed four days of protests against army rule that have left 33 dead, many of them allegedly shot by live ammunition, and nearly 2,000 injured throughout the country. 'National salvation' government The violence that began when riot police violently cleared a small encampment in Tahrir Square on Saturday has hardened protesters' resolve, leading them to call for the immediate formation of a civilian "national salvation" government and the complete abidcation of power by the SCAF. "The idea that these same heavy handed tactics [are being used], as was the case and as was the trademark of the Mubarak regime, is just angering the people even more and is making them lose trust and faith in the military," Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal reported from Cairo. As Tantawi spoke, Egypt's outgoing cabinet, whose resignation was officially accepted by the SCAF on Tuesday, posted a message on its Facebook page announcing that security forces would be withdrawn from the vicinity of Tahrir Square. But neither the cabinet's announcement nor Tantawi's speech ended the street fighting, which continued to rage on the side streets leading from Tahrir Square to the Interior Ministry. Riot police from the Central Security Forces, backed by soldiers, fired tear gas and rubber rounds to disperse mobs of young men using rocks and petrol bombs in an attempt to force their way through barricades and reach the ministry. There were similar scenes in Alexandria, Egypts second biggest city, where protesters repeatedly tried to reach the local police headquarters and fought pitched battles with security forces. "I could clearly hear the sound of stun guns to try and electrocute protesters gathered around [the police]. " Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reported. Amr Gharbeia, a pro-democracy activist, told Al Jazeera that Tantawi's speech did little to change the situation. "Tantawi spent 80 to 90 per cent of the time saying how good the military is handling the transition. He's not saying anything about the military tribunals, or the many who are serving trials," Gharbeia said. "There is nothing about investigating the military's conduct on the street and their conduct with the labour movement and the student movement." 'Million man march'Protesters poured into Tahrir Square in thousands throughout the day, heeding a call for a million people to join the demonstrations against continuing military rule. Sources told Al Jazeera that the SCAF had asked Mohamed ElBaradei, a presidential hopeful and opposition politician, to form a new interim government. But ElBaradei offered no public response and reportedly refused to attend the crisis meeting between the SCAF and political forces. He was said to be hesitating over assurances regarding his authority to choose cabinet ministers. Clashes continued as the day progressed, and ambulances weaved through the crowds to take injured people to makeshift field hospitals in the square. Live Box 2011111713397233347 "There are tens of thousands virtually from across Egypt's political spectrum who have gathered here," Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reported from the square. The Muslim Brotherhood was the only major political group that declared it would not be at Tuesday's demonstration. In a statement, the group said it did not want to be involved in a protest that could delay the impending vote for the lower house of parliament, scheduled for Monday. Many Egyptians and outside analysts believe the Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, will win a large plurality, if not a majority. Criticism of the military has grown in recent days. Amnesty International said the SCAF had "been responsible for a catalogue of abuses which in some cases exceeds the record of Hosni Mubarak". 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OTTAWA, June 5 (Reuters) - Canada has not changed its position on not joining the U.S. missile defense shield, but is examining its stance given changing global circumstances, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.
Speaking in Brussels at the end of a meeting of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, which was dominated by the crisis in Ukraine, Harper said Canada regularly examined defense policies, including the missile shield.
"It was our judgment in the past that Canadians did not need the security of participation in the anti-ballistic missile defense system," the Conservative prime minister said.
"Obviously there are changes occurring in the world and we will continue to examine whether that does or does not serve Canadian interests and we'll make whatever decisions are in the best security safety interests of Canadians, but obviously at the moment, we have not decided to revise the position."
The previous Liberal government had decided in 2005 under Prime Minister Paul Martin against joining the shield, at a time when then-U.S. President George W. Bush was not popular within the Canadian government.
But two former Liberal defense ministers, Bill Graham and David Pratt, urged the Conservative government in Senate committee last month to join the program.
Riki Ellison, founder of the non-profit Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, welcomed Harper's remarks and said there were active discussions by U.S. and Canadian officials about integrating Canada into the U.S. ballistic missile defense system.
He said one proposal called for Canada to invest about $100 million to join the defense system. Another proposal would see Canada add radar and other early warning sensors to its new ships, which would help augment the United States' ability to track possible incoming missiles on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Part of Canada's calculation in not investing in the defense shield had been that with its main cities close to the U.S. border, it would already be effectively covered to a large extent.
The thinking went that missiles heading in the general direction of Vancouver, British Columbia, for example, would likely be targeted anyway by U.S. defenses protecting Seattle, Washington, just 120 miles (193 km) to the south.
The system is still in the process of being tested and improved upon, and is not yet fail-safe, but advocates say it is important to try to defend against possible threats from countries like North Korea and Russia. (Reporting by Randall Palmer in Ottawa, additional reporting by Andrea Shalal in Washington; Editing by Sofina Mirza-Reid and G Crosse)


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Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - Nelson Cruz's three-run home run capped the Rangers' five-run rally in the sixth and paved the way to a 8-3 win over the Houston Astros.
Justin Grimm (1-0) picked up the win in his Major League debut, allowing three runs in six innings on six hits. He struck out seven Astros and did not issue a walk.
"The first inning was by far the hardest thing I've ever done in my career," said Grimm. "Throwing in front of 50,000 is nerve wracking, but after that I thought I settled down pretty good."
Adrian Beltre picked up two hits and knocked in a pair of runs as Texas has now taken the first two games of its three-game series against Houston.
Lucas Harrell (6-5) kept Texas off the board for the first five frames, but could not make it through six, going 5 1/3 innings and allowing five runs on seven hits to absorb the loss.
"I felt like I was throwing the ball pretty well out there," said Harrell. "It seemed like if a few pitches just went a little different this would have been a different game."
Jordan Schafer picked up three hits and drove in a run for Houston, which has lost four of its last five games.
Jed Lowrie gave Houston a first-inning lead with a solo home run, his 13th of the year.
The Astros scored a pair of runs in the fifth to take a three-run lead. Brian Bogusevic delivered a leadoff double and scored on Justin Maxwell's double. With two outs, Schafer singled to scored Maxwell.
Craig Gentry and Ian Kinsler singled to start off the sixth for the Rangers. Two batters later, Harrell was unable to record an out on a grounder off the bat of Michael Young. Beltre then knocked in a pair with a base hit and Cruz followed with his three-run blast.
The Rangers added a pair in the seventh after a leadoff single by Gentry. After stealing second base and heading to third on Chris Snyder's throwing error, he scored when Kinsler singled. Kinsler then stole second and came around to score on Young's sac fly two batters later.
David Murphy and Mitch Moreland each doubled in the eighth to extend the lead to 8-3.
Robbie Ross, Mike Adams and Mark Lowe kept the Astros off the board in the final three innings to close out the Rangers' 8-3 win.
Texas wins the Silver Boot for the sixth straight season by clinching a victory over Houston in their season series...Texas is 31-16 against the Astros since 2005...The two teams wore uniforms from the 1986 season...Harrell leads Major League rookies with 81 2/3 innings pitched...Houston has hit 12 home runs in its last eight games...Texas went 4-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
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The Dallas Cowboys signed veteran linebacker Keith Rivers to a one-year contract on Wednesday.
At some point Alex Rodriguez will be able to just focus on playing some baseball.
Guards Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics were named Wednesday as the Rookies of the Month for February.
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Treasury has cut its forecasts for economic growth and warned of higher national debt, but maintains the Government can balance its books within three years.
However, the wafer thin margins appear to have been achieved by a last-minute announcement of sharp increases in tax on petrol.
In today's half-yearly opening of the Government's books, Treasury trimmed growth forecasts for the economy for each of the next two years, as well as the longer term projection, by about 0.5 per cent a year.
The amount of tax collected in recent months has been lower than expected because of weak growth, and debt is now expected to peak at 29.5 per cent of New Zealand's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015, where it would remain virtually unchanged until 2017.
In May's Budget, national debt was forecast to peak at 28.7 per cent of GDP, and be lower in 2016 than 2013. The Government has signalled to the major international ratings agencies that it will keep national debt below 30 per cent.
But despite weaker expectations across almost every aspect of its forecasts, the Treasury still maintains that the Government is on track to meet its target to balance its books by 2014-15, forecasting a surplus of $66 million, down from $197m surplus forecast in May.
"The global economic environment remains uncertain and this makes it even more important to maintain clear and credible fiscal settings,'' Finance Minister Bill English said in a statement, as he signalled there would be further restraint in public spending in next May's Budget.
"This is a time for sensible and reasonable policy – not for untried economic experiments. Budget 2013 will confirm the Government's commitment to responsible long-term fiscal management."
Spending restraint had become a "semi permanent part" of being in Government, English said at today's presentation.
The 2014-15 surplus "is not large, but we're headed in the right direction", he said, adding that while spending would remain restrained, if growth continued to miss targets, the target date may change.
"We're not willing to get to surplus at any cost," English said.
This morning Gerry Brownlee announced plans to increase excise tax on petrol by 3 cents a litre, in each of the next three years. This would raise Government income by up to $300m a year.
While English said the increase would have an impact on the Government's accounts, he denied it was done to ensure the forecasts showed a surplus.
"Without the changes, we would have fallen short of the surplus track."
Today's announcement also saw forecasts that by 2015-16 the New Zealand Debt Management Office would borrow $6.5b more than it forecast six months ago.
"That is a concern,'' English told reporters.
The latest forecasts were for "slightly" weaker growth than six months ago, having taken into account weaker global expectations.
"Compared to many other countries, the New Zealand economy is in good shape. Despite our growth forecasts being slightly weaker than in Budget 2012, New Zealand is expected to grow more strongly over the next four years than the Euro area, the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada."
Treasury said its growth forecasts, 2.3 per cent and 2.9 per cent for the next two years and 2.4 per cent thereafter, were based on expectations of a "substantial boost" to the Canterbury rebuild, continued lower borrowing costs and ongoing solid demand for primary products.
This would be offset by a stubbornly high exchange rate, which would act as a "drag on growth", Treasury's statement said.
Interest rates, currently at the lowest rates in decades, should stay lower than previously thought, with the Treasury tipping the Reserve Bank will keep the Official Cast Rate at its record low of 2.5 per cent until September 2013, with gradual increases afterwards.
Treasury predicted the rate of unemployment would be about 1 per cent higher over the next five years than it expected in May.
Averaging 6.7 per cent in 2012, Treasury said unemployment would hit 6.9 per cent in 2013, before falling gradually to 5.1 per cent in 2017.
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Plans to raise up to $7b from the partial privatisation of four state owned enterprises remain in the statement, with the funds earmarked for a new Future Investment Fund.
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Aug 3, 2009 - UPDATE - Medal fixes
If anyone has previously experienced the falling-through-the-floor bug, could they clear their caches, refresh, try again, and PM with the results? It'd be hugely appreciated and would get me closer to fixing that bug, if it isn't already with this new version. To make sure you're using the current version, go to options, then data, and look for the version number in the bottom left. It should be 1.55
July 29, 2009 - UPDATE - MEDALS
June 3rd, 2008 - UPDATE - BUG FIXES, TWEAKS
May 30th, 2008 - UPDATE - NG AWARD, FANCY PANTS ADDED, BIRTHDAY
September 28th, 2007 - UPDATE - bug fixes
September 22nd, 2007 - UPDATE - Hank and Nevada added
September 17th, 2007 - UPDATE - improvements + bug fixes
In production since December 2005, this hefty s.o.b. has taken a small handful of Newgrounders a lot of work to put together. So you guys had better enjoy it!
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best game ever
i loved the game!!by ne the best chatacter that you can use is fancy pance
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This is THE best game on newgrounds, surely. I mean my goodness, this is some of the best it turned out. However, If I may make a few nitpicks...
It seems like the game had an ABSURD amount of bias for the pico series. I understand that he's popular, and trust me when I say the characters play REALLY WELL (Especially Piconjo, he's just...awesome in this game), But I still think you could've included characters from maybe A DIFFERENT SERIES IN THEIR PLACE. Piconjo is pretty much necessary, I guess, But then Nene could've been switched for some other female character on newgrounds, and I honestly HATE playing Convict to no end, so...Yeah.
But that's just my nitpicking, the atmospheres are still awesome, the characters are still who they are, and every single one of them plays great (EXCEPT FOR CONVICT, GYAH, I HATE PLAYING HIM)
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Just wondering, what happens if you choose "no thanks" on all hard drive options? I can't remove the OS from the system, so do you just receive a packaged version on the side? Is the system tested with an existing hard drive and then shipped without one? Is the system assembled but not tested because there is no boot drive?
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US 20030163315 A1 Abstract A method and system are disclosed for generating talking heads in text-to-speech synthesis applications that provides for modifying an input image to be more appealing to a viewer. The modified images may be at least in part caricatures (i.e., somehow synthetic). The caricatures may be created using either a manual or an automatic method with filters.
Claims(19) 1. An audio-visual system comprising:
a display capable of displaying a talking head; an audio synthesizer unit; a caricature filter; and a processor arranged to control the operation of the audio-visual system, wherein before the talking head is displayed by the display, the talking head is processed by the caricature filter. 2. The system of
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means for displaying a talking head, the talking head being initially formed using images of a subject; means for synthesizing audio; and a caricature filter that modifies an appearance of the talking head before the talking head is displayed by the means for displaying, the modified talking head having at least partially an artificial appearance as compared to an unmodified talking head formed using the images of the subject. 16. The system of
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Description [0001] The present invention relates to the field of facial images. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for generating talking heads in text-to-speech synthesis applications that provides for modifying an input facial image to be more appealing to a viewer. [0002] In text-to-audio-visual-speech (�TTAVS�) systems, the integration of a �talking head,� can be used for a variety of applications. Such applications may include, for example, model-based image compression for video telephony, presentations, avatars in virtual meeting rooms, intelligent computer-user interfaces such as E-mail reading and games, and many other operations. An example of such an intelligent user interface is an E-mail system that uses a talking head to express transmitted E-mail messages. The sender of the E-mail message could annotate the E-mail message by including emotional cues with or without text. In this regard, a user may send a congratulatory E-mail message to another person in the form of a happy face. Other emotions such as sadness, anger, or disappointment can also be emulated. [0003] To achieve desired effects, an animated head must be believable, i.e., realistic looking, to the viewer. Both photographic aspects of a face (e.g., natural skin appearance, absence of rendering artifacts, and realistic shapes), as well as life-like quality of the animation (e.g., realistic lip and head movements in synchronization with the audio being played) must be considered because people are sensitive to the movement and appearance of human faces. When well-done visual TTAVS can be a power tool to grab the observer's attention. This provides a user with a sense of realism to which the user can relate. [0004] Various conventional approaches exist for realizing audio-visual TTAVS synthesis algorithms, e.g., simple animation/cartoons may be used. Generally, the more detailed the animation used, the greater the impact on the viewer. Nevertheless, because of their obviously artificial look, cartoons have a very limited effect. Another conventional approach for realizing TTAVS methods uses video recordings of a talking person. These recordings are then integrated into a computer program. The video approach is more realistic than cartoons animation. The utility of the video approach, however, is limited to situations where the spoken text is known in advance and where sufficient storage space exists in memory for the video clips. These situations generally do not exist commonly employed TTAVS applications. [0005] Three-dimensional (3D) modeling techniques can also be used for many TTAVS applications. Such 3D models provide flexibility because the models can be altered to accommodate different expressions of speech and emotions. Unfortunately, these 3D models are usually not suitable for automatic realization by a computer system. The programming complexities of 3D modeling are increasing as present models are enhanced to facilitate greater realism. In such 3D modeling techniques, the number of polygons used to generate 3D synthesized scenes has grown exponentially. This greatly increases the memory requirements and computer processing power. [0006] As discussed above, cartoons offer little flexibility because the cartoon images are all predetermined and the speech to be tracked must be known in advance. In addition, cartoons are the least realistic-looking approach. While video sequences are realistic, they have little flexibility because the sequences are all predetermined. Three-dimensional modeling is flexible because of the fully synthetic nature. Such 3D models can represent any facial appearance or perspective. However, the complete synthetic nature of such 3D models lowers the perspective of realism. [0007] Image-based techniques allow for a substantial amount of realism and flexibility. Such techniques look realistic because facial movements, shapes, and colors can be approximated with a high degree of accuracy. In addition, video images of live subjects can be used to create the image-based models. Image-based techniques are also flexible because a sufficient amount of samples can be taken to exchange head and facial parts to accommodate a wide variety of speech and emotions. [0008] In such image-based systems, a set of N (e.g., 16) photographs of a person uttering phonemes that result in unique mouth shapes (or visemes) are used. In TTAVS systems, text is processed to get phonemes and timing information, which is then passed, to a speech synthesizer and a face animation synthesizer. The face animation synthesizer uses an appropriate viseme image (from the set of N) to display with the phoneme and morphs from one phoneme to another. This conveys the appearance of facial movement (e.g., lips) synchronized to the audio. Such conventional systems are described in �Miketalk: A talking facial display based on morphing visemes,� T. Ezzat et al., Proc Computer Animation Conf. pp. 96-102, Philadelphia, Pa., 1998, and �Photo-realistic talking-heads from image samples,� E. Cosatto et al., IEEE Trans. On Multimedia, Vol. 2, No. 3, September 2000. [0009] However, one significant shortcoming of the conventional image-based systems discussed above is that the user may have a perceptional mismatch between the image displayed and the synthetic speech or audio that is played. This is because the image is photo-realistic while the speech sounds synthetic (i.e., computer-generated or robot-like). [0010] Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a technique for TTAVS systems to match the viewer perceptions regarding the displayed image and the synthetic speech that is played. [0011] Another object of the invention is to be able to generate caricaturized talking head images and audio for a text-to-speech application that can be implemented automatically by a computer, including a personal computer. [0012] Another object of the invention is to disclose a caricaturing filter for modifying image-based samples that can be used in a conventional TTAVS environment. [0013] Another object of the invention is to provide an image-based method for generating talking heads in TTAVS applications that is flexible. [0014] These and other objects of the invention are accomplished in accordance with the principles of the invention by providing a image-based method for synthesizing talking heads in TTAVS applications in which viseme images (i.e., images) of a person are processing to give the impression that the viseme image are at least in part caricatures (i.e., somehow synthetic). The caricatures may be created using either a manual or an automatic method with filters. The style of the caricature can be, for example, watercolor, comic, palette knife, pencil, fresco, etc. By using caricatured images, a TTAVS system is more appealing to a viewer, since both the audio and the visual part of the system have at least a partial synthetic feeling while maintain image realism. [0015] One embodiment of the present invention is directed to an audio-visual system including a display capable of displaying a talking head, an audio synthesizer unit, and a caricature filter. A processor is arranged to control the operation of the audio-visual system. Before the talking head is displayed by the display, the caricature filter processes it. [0016] Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for creating a talking head image for a text-to-speech synthesis application. The method includes the steps of sampling images of a talking head, decomposing the sampled images into segments and rendering the talking head image from the segments. The method also includes the step of applying a caricature filter to the talking head image. [0017] Yet another embodiment of the present invention is directed to an audio-visual system means for displaying a talking head. The talking head is initially formed using images of a subject. The system also includes means for synthesizing audio and a caricature filter. The filter modifies the appearance of the talking head before the talking head is displayed by the means for displaying. The modified talking head has at least partially an artificial appearance as compared to an unmodified talking head formed using the images of the subject. [0018] Still further features and aspects of the present invention and various advantages thereof will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. [0019]FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of a system in which a preferred embodiment of the present invention can be implemented. [0020]FIG. 2 shows a flowchart describing an image-based method for generating caricaturized talking head images in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention. [0021]FIG. 3 shows examples of caricatured images according to several embodiments of the present invention. [0022] In the following description, for purposes of explanation rather than limitation, specific details are set forth such as the particular architecture, interfaces, techniques, etc., in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced in other embodiments, which depart from these specific details. Moreover, for purposes of simplicity and clarity, detailed descriptions of well-known devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention with unnecessary detail. [0023]FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram describing exemplary physical structures in which the embodiments of the invention can be implemented. This illustration describes the realization of a method using elements contained in a personal computer. The method can be implemented by a variety of means in both hardware and software, and by a wide variety of controllers and processors. For example, it is noted that a laptop or palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a telephone with a display, television, set-top box or any other type of similar device may also be used. [0024] The system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a creation system 11 that includes a processor 20 and a memory 22. The processor 20 may represent, e.g., a microprocessor, a central processing unit, a computer, a circuit card, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASICs). The memory 22 may represent, e.g., disk-based optical or magnetic storage units, electronic memories, as well as portions or combinations of these and other memory devices. [0025] Audio (e.g., a voice) is input into an audio input unit 23 (e.g., a microphone or via a network connection). The voice provides the input that will ultimately be tracked by a talking head 100. The creation system 11 is designed to create a library 30 to enable drawing of a picture of the talking head 100 on a display 24 (e.g., a computer screen) of an output element 12, with a voice output, via an audio output unit 26, corresponding to input stimuli (e.g., audio) and synchronous with the talking head 100. [0026] As shown in FIG. 1, the output element 12 need not be integrated with the creation system 11. (The boxes representing the speech recognizer 27 and the library 30 in the output element 12 are shown dashed to illustrate that they need not be duplicated if an integrated configuration is used.) The output element 12 may be removably connected or coupled to the creation system 11 via a data connection. A non-integrated configuration allows the library building and animation display functions to be separate. It should also be understood that the output element 12 may include its own processor, memory, and communication unit that may perform similar functions as described herein with regard to the processor 20, the memory 22 and the communication unit 40. [0027] A variety of input stimuli (in place of the audio mentioned above), including text input in virtually any form, may be contemplated depending on the specific application. For example, the text input stimulus may instead be a stream of binary data. The audio input unit 23 may be connected to speech recognizer 27. In this example, speech recognizer 27 also functions as a voice to data converter, which transduces the input voice into binary data for further processing. The speech recognizer 27 is also used when the samples of the subject are initially taken. [0028] In the output element 12, the audio which tracks the input stimulus is generated in this example by an acoustic speech synthesizer 28, which coverts an audio signal from a voice-to-data converter 29 into voice. The speech recognizer 27 may not be needed in the output element 12 if only text is to be used as the input stimuli. [0029] For image-based synthesis, samples of sound, movements and images are captured while a subject is speaking naturally. [0030] The samples capture the characteristics of a talking person, such as the sound he or she produces when speaking a particular phoneme, the shape his or her mouth forms, and the manner in which he or she articulates transitions between phonemes. The image samples are processed and stored in a compact animation library (e.g., the memory 22). [0031] Various functional operations associated with the system 10 may be implemented in whole or in part in one or more software programs stored in the memory 22 and executed by the processor 20. The processor 20 considers text data output from the speech recognizer 27, recalls appropriate samples from the libraries in memory 22, concatenates the recalled samples, and causes a resulting animated sequence to be output to the display 24. The processor 20 may also have a clock, which is used to timestamp voice and image samples to maintain synchronization. Time stamping may be used by the processor 20 to determine which images correspond to which sounds spoken by the synthesized talking head 100. [0032] The library 30 may contain at least an animation library and a coarticulation library. The data in one library may be used to extract samples from the other. For instance, the processor 20 may use data extracted from the coarticulation library to select appropriate frame parameters from the animation library to be output to the display 24. The memory 22 may also contain animation-synthesis software executed by the processor 20. [0033]FIG. 2 shows a flowchart describing an image-based method for synthesizing photo realistic talking heads in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention. The method begins with recording a sample of a human subject (step 200). The recording step (200), or the sampling step, can be performed in a variety of ways, such as with video recording, computer generation, etc. The sample may be captured in video and the data is transferred to a computer in binary. The sample may comprise an image sample (i.e., picture of the subject), an associated sound sample, and a movement sample. It should be noted that a sound sample is not necessarily required for all image samples captured. For example, when generating a spectrum of mouth shape samples for storage in the animation library, associated sound samples are not necessary in some embodiments. [0034] Next, in step 201, the image sample is decomposed into a hierarchy of segments, each segment representing a part of the sample (such as a facial part). Decomposition of the image sample is advantageous because it substantially reduces the memory requirements when the animation sequence is implemented. The decomposed segments are stored in an animation library (step 202). These segments will ultimately be used to construct the talking head 100 for the animation sequence. [0035] Additional samples (step 203) of a next image of the subject at a slightly different facial position such as a varied mouth shape is performed. This process continues until a representative spectrum of segments is obtained and a sufficient number of mouth shapes are generated to make the animated synthesis possible. The animation library is now generated, and the sampling process for the animation path is complete. To create an effective animation library for the talking head, a sufficient spectrum of mouth shapes must be sampled to correspond to the different phonemes, or sounds, which might be expressed in the synthesis. The number of different shapes of a mouth is actually quite small, due to physical limitations on the deformations of the lips and the motion of the jaw. [0036] Another sampling method is to first extract all sample images from a video sequence of a person talking naturally. Then, using automatic face/facial features location, these samples are registrated so that they are normalized. The normalized samples are labeled with their respective measured parameters. Then, to reduce the total number of samples, vector quantization may be used with respect to the parameters associated with each sample. [0037] It is also noted that coarticulation is also performed. The purpose of the coarticulation is to accommodate effects of coarticulation in the ultimate synthesized output. The principle of coarticulation recognizes that the mouth shape corresponding to a phoneme depends not only on the spoken phoneme itself, but also on the phonemes spoken before (and sometimes after) the instant phoneme. An animation method that does not account for coarticulation effects would be perceived as artificial to an observer because mouth shapes may be used in conjunction with a phoneme spoken in a context inconsistent with the use of those shapes. [0038] In step 204, the animated sequence begins. Some stimulus, such as text, is input (step 205). This stimulus represents the particular data that the animated sequence will track. The stimulus may be voice, text, or other types of binary or encoded information that is amenable to interpretation by the processor as a trigger to initiate and conduct an animated sequence. As an illustration, where a computer interface uses the talking head 100 to transmit E-mail messages to a remote party, the input stimulus is the E-mail message text created by the sender. The processor 20 will generate the talking head 100 which tracks, or generates speech associated with, the sender's message text. [0039] Where the input is text, the processor 20 consults circuitry or software to associate the text with particular phonemes or phoneme sequences. Based on the identity of the current phoneme sequence, the processor 20 consults the coarticulation library and recalls data needed for the talking head from the library (step 206). [0040] In step 207, the image data is supplied to a caricature filter 31 (shown in FIG. 1). The caricature filter 31 is used to modify the image data so that the displayed talking head 100 has at least in part a synthetic feeling. The caricatures filter process may be performed automatically or via a manual user input each time the talking head 100 is to be displayed. The style of the caricature can be, for example, watercolor, comic, palette knife, pencil, fresco, etc. FIG. 3 shows examples of the caricaturized talking heads using each of these filters. By using the caricatured talking head 100, a TTAVS system is more appealing to a viewer, since both the audio and the visual part of the system have at least a partial synthetic feeling while maintain image realism. [0041] A user of the system 10, for example, may also change the appearance of the caricatured talking head 100 dynamically. In addition, user profiles may be created, and stored in the memory 22, that automatically set a preferred filter type (e.g., watercolor or fresco) for predetermined applications. [0042] At this point (step 208), the animation process begins to display the talking head 100. Concurrent with the output of the talking head 100 to the display 24, the processor 20 uses audio stored in the coarticulation library to output speech to the audio output unit 26 that is associated with an appropriate phoneme sequence. The result is the talking head 100 that tracks the input data. [0043] It should be noted that the samples of subjects need not be limited to humans. Talking heads of animals, insects, and inanimate objects may also be tracked according to the invention. It also noted that the image data to be used for the talking head 100 may be pre-stored or accessed via a remote data connection. [0044] In one embodiment, the system 10 by represent an interactive TTAVS system can be an alternative for low bandwidth video-conferencing or informal chat sessions. This system incorporates a 3D model of a human head with facial animation parameters (emotion parameters) and speech producing capabilities (lip-sync). At the transmitter side, the user inputs text sentences via the keyboard, which are sent via a communication unit 40 (e.g., Ethernet, Bluetooth, cellular, dial-up or packet data interface) to the correspondent's PC. At the receiving end, the system converts incoming text into speech. The receiver sees a 3D head model�with appropriate facial emotions and lip movements�and hears speech corresponding to the text sent. The user can use a predefined set of symbols to express certain emotions, which in turn is reproduced at the receiving end. Thus, the chat session is enhanced, although the quality of high bandwidth video-conferencing cannot be reached. [0045] While the present invention has been described above in terms of specific embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not intended to be confined or limited to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the present invention is intended to cover various structures and modifications thereof included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Referenced by
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