Digital character blending and generation system and method

1. A method for creating a model of a virtual object or digital entity,

the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of human body portion models, wherein each respective human body portion model has a plurality of basic shapes, each basic shape comprising one or more regions and a set of muscle deformation descriptors influencing animation of a sequence of events within the respective basic shape according to corresponding muscle action units, wherein the plurality of basic shapes is a part of a face;

categorizing the muscle deformation descriptors according to groups based on a region influenced (“region of influence”) by the muscle action units of categorized muscle deformation descriptors;

generating at least one region masks for each basic shape based on the region of influence;

receiving a plurality of specified demographic prediction modifications to be made to one or more of the basic shapes of at least one human body portion model; and

generating at least one modified basic shape by blending at least two of the specified demographic prediction modifications together at a respective region mask, further comprising: generating at least one modified basic shape that corresponds to one of: an eyeball asset, a cornea asset, a teeth asset, a tongue asset and a skull asset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generated the region mask comprises:

generating the region mask based on at least one deformation gradients relative to a shape of undeformed muscles corresponding to the muscle action units of categorized muscle deformation descriptors.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the demographic prediction modifications include preserve variables to preserve selected features.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of basic shapes belong to one of: a body shape, a partial body shape, an upper body shape, a face shape and part of a partial face shape.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of the specified demographic prediction modifications includes at least one of: an ageing prediction modification, a gender prediction modification, an ethnicity prediction modification and a physique prediction modification.

6. A system comprising one or more processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of human body portion models, wherein each respective human body portion model has a plurality of basic shapes, each basic shape comprising one or more regions and a set of muscle deformation descriptors influencing animation of a sequence of events within the respective basic shape according to corresponding muscle action units, wherein the plurality of basic shapes is a part of a face;

categorizing the muscle deformation descriptors according to groups based on a region influenced (“region of influence”) by the muscle action units of categorized muscle deformation descriptors;

generating at least one region masks for each basic shape based on the region of influence;

receiving a plurality of specified demographic prediction modifications to be made to one or more of the basic shapes of at least one human body portion model; and

generating at least one modified basic shape by blending at least two of the specified demographic prediction modifications together at a respective region mask, further comprising: generating at least one modified basic shape that corresponds to one of: an eyeball asset, a cornea asset, a teeth asset, a tongue asset and a skull asset.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein generate the region mask comprises:

generate the region mask based on at least one deformation gradients relative to a shape of undeformed muscles corresponding to the muscle action units of categorized muscle deformation descriptors.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the demographic prediction modifications include preserve variables to preserve selected features.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of basic shapes belong to one of: a body shape, a partial body shape, an upper body shape, a face shape and part of a partial face shape.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of the specified demographic prediction modifications includes at least one of: an ageing prediction modification, a gender prediction modification, an ethnicity prediction modification and a physique prediction modification.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors, the program code including instructions for:

receiving a plurality of human body portion models, wherein each respective human body portion model has a plurality of basic shapes, each basic shape comprising one or more regions and a set of muscle deformation descriptors influencing animation of a sequence of events within the respective basic shape according to corresponding muscle action units, wherein the plurality of basic shapes is a part of a face;

categorizing the muscle deformation descriptors according to groups based on a region influenced (“region of influence”) by the muscle action units of categorized muscle deformation descriptors;

generating at least one region masks for each basic shape based on the region of influence;

receiving a plurality of specified demographic prediction modifications to be made to one or more of the basic shapes of at least one human body portion model; and

generating at least one modified basic shape by blending at least two of the specified demographic prediction modifications together at a respective region mask, further comprising: generating at least one modified basic shape that corresponds to one of: an eyeball asset, a cornea asset, a teeth asset, a tongue asset and a skull asset.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein generated the region mask comprises:

generating the region mask based on at least one deformation gradients relative to a shape of undeformed muscles corresponding to the muscle action units of categorized muscle deformation descriptors.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the demographic prediction modifications include preserve variables to preserve selected features.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of basic shapes belong to one of: a body shape, a partial body shape, an upper body shape, a face shape and part of a partial face shape.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of the specified demographic prediction modifications includes at least one of: an ageing prediction modification, a gender prediction modification, an ethnicity prediction modification and a physique prediction modification.