Attribute Image Generation With GAN Feedback for User Resemblance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for expressing emotions or attributes in digital communication lack the ability to create personalized and accurate representations of users, as emojis and emoticons do not resemble the user, and animated alternatives fail to capture the user's actual appearance.
Innovation Solution
An image generation system using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) iteratively refines generated images to match a subject image while incorporating desired attributes, ensuring the generated images resemble the user by employing a generator and discriminator to adjust and validate the output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If emojis and emoticons are used to express emotions, then communication efficiency is improved, but personalization and user resemblance are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a copy of the user's actual appearance by generating an animated representation that replicates their physical features, facial structure, and characteristics. This allows the user to be represented visually without requiring actual photos, maintaining personalization while enabling efficient communication through pre-generated animated expressions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system modifies parameters of the generated image iteratively by adjusting the input vector based on feedback from the discriminator. This allows dynamic transformation of the user's appearance to express different emotions and attributes while maintaining the core resemblance to the actual user.
2Adaptability or versatility
If animated representations are created to resemble the user, then personalization is improved, but accuracy in capturing actual appearance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The discriminator provides feedback indicating differences between the generated image and the subject image. This feedback loop allows the generator to iteratively refine the animated representation, comparing it against the actual user photo and making adjustments to improve accuracy in capturing the user's true appearance while maintaining animated expression capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary training using subject images of users before generating the final animated representations. This preliminary action establishes an accurate baseline of the user's actual appearance, which the generator then uses to create faithful animated copies that accurately resemble the user across various expressions and emotions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple photos are required to capture different expressions, then expression variety is improved, but complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The generated animated representation serves multiple functions: it can express various emotions, convey different attributes, and maintain user resemblance all within a single model. This universal animated avatar replaces the need for multiple separate photos, reducing system complexity while maintaining expression variety through programmatic manipulation of the single generated image.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a dynamic animated representation that can transition between different expressions and emotions through modifications to the input vector. This dynamic capability allows a single generated image to serve multiple expression needs, eliminating the requirement for multiple static photos and simplifying the overall system.
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The technology disclosed herein enables automatic generation of an image having an attribute using a subject image as a basis for the generated image. In a particular embodiment, a method includes executing a generator and a discriminator. Until a criterion is satisfied, the method includes iteratively performing steps a-c. In step a, the method includes providing an input vector and an attribute to the generator. The generator outputs a generated image. In step b, the method includes providing the generated image to the discriminator. The discriminator outputs feedback that indicates differences between the generated image and a subject image. In step c, the method includes determining whether the differences satisfy the criterion. When the differences do not satisfy the criterion, the input vector comprises the feedback in the next iteration of steps a-c. When the differences satisfy the criterion, the method includes associating the generated image with the attribute.