US 12,205,215 B2
System and method for animated emoji recording and playback
Zhili Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US); Shouhan Gao, Culver City, CA (US); Vishnuvardhan Tanguturi, Culver City, CA (US); Yuxi Zhang, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Bo Hu, Culver City, CA (US)
Assigned to Lemon Inc., Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by Lemon Inc., Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,952.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127495 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 13/80 (2011.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 13/80 (2013.01) [G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method for managing an animated emoji playback, the method comprising:
monitoring user interactions, wherein the user interactions include users interacting with objects of other users;
generating one or more animated emojis by recording an animation of a user avatar with a facial expression of a second user of the users;
associating the one or more animated emojis with a corresponding one or more triggering actions defined by the second user;
detecting an action performed by a first user of the users;
determining if the detected action is at least one of the triggering action of the corresponding one or more triggering actions defined by the second user that triggers a playback of at least one of the associated animated emoji of the one or more animated emojis of the second user; and
automatically presenting, in response to determination that the detected action is the at least one of the triggering action of the corresponding one or more triggering actions, the playback of the at least one of the associated animated emoji of the one or more animated emojis of the second user to the first user.