Jose E Echevarria

US Patent:

20060091182, May 4, 2006

Filed:

Oct 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/977853

Inventors:

Steven Ivory - Manchester CT, US
Jose Echevarria - East Hartford CT, US
Gary Lomasney - Glastonbury CT, US
David Malley - Bolton CT, US
Kevin McMahon - Vernon CT, US
James Moor - Torrington CT, US
Joseph Rokicki - Bolton CT, US

International Classification:

A47J 36/02

US Classification:

228101000

Abstract:

A method of repairing a braze joint and the resulting joint includes removing an unsuitable portion of a first joining material in a joint between a first member and a second member of an aerospace assembly and cleaning the joint. A stripping solution is used to remove the unsuitable portion of the first joining material. A first cleaning solution is used to clean the joint, and the joint is further cleaned using a second cleaning solution. During a rebrazing step, a second joining material moves into a void left by the removed unsuitable portion from the removal step to form a new joint between the first member and the second member that includes the remaining first joining material and the second joining material.

US Patent:

20220392131, Dec 8, 2022

Filed:

Aug 15, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/887685

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Yang Zhou - Amherst MA, US
Jose Ignacio Echevarria Vallespi - South San Francisco CA, US
Elya Shechtman - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06T 13/20
G06T 17/20
G06T 13/40

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for generating an animation of a talking head from an input audio signal of speech and a representation (such as a static image) of a head to animate. Generally, a neural network can learn to predict a set of 3D facial landmarks that can be used to drive the animation. In some embodiments, the neural network can learn to detect different speaking styles in the input speech and account for the different speaking styles when predicting the 3D facial landmarks. Generally, template 3D facial landmarks can be identified or extracted from the input image or other representation of the head, and the template 3D facial landmarks can be used with successive windows of audio from the input speech to predict 3D facial landmarks and generate a corresponding animation with plausible 3D effects.

US Patent:

20210248801, Aug 12, 2021

Filed:

Feb 12, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/788551

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Yang Zhou - Amherst MA, US
Jose Ignacio Echevarria Vallespi - South San Francisco CA, US
Elya Shechtman - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06T 13/20
G06T 13/40
G06T 17/20

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for generating an animation of a talking head from an input audio signal of speech and a representation (such as a static image) of a head to animate. Generally, a neural network can learn to predict a set of 3D facial landmarks that can be used to drive the animation. In some embodiments, the neural network can learn to detect different speaking styles in the input speech and account for the different speaking styles when predicting the 3D facial landmarks. Generally, template 3D facial landmarks can be identified or extracted from the input image or other representation of the head, and the template 3D facial landmarks can be used with successive windows of audio from the input speech to predict 3D facial landmarks and generate a corresponding animation with plausible 3D effects.