US 12,456,248 B2
Template-based AR facial augmentation
Joshua Aisheng Mao, Mountain View, CA (US); Nathan Waters, San Francisco, CA (US); and Rigel Gareth Benton, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Niantic Spatial, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Niantic Spatial, Inc, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/531,612.
Prior Publication US 2025/0191272 A1, Jun. 12, 2025
Int. Cl. G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 15/04 (2013.01) [G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing an image depicting a face of a user;
generating a 3D face model for the face based on the image, wherein the 3D face model represents a 3D structure of the face;
identifying a set of feature points on the 3D face model, wherein each feature point corresponds to a facial feature of the face of the user;
mapping a set of anchor points of a facial augmentation template to the facial features, wherein the facial augmentation template describes a structure of an augmentation to a depiction of the face of the user;
receiving a set of display parameters for the facial augmentation template from a client device;
rendering an augmented image based on the display parameters and the facial augmentation template; and
causing a client device to display the augmented image.