DO-IT-YOURSELF PHOTO REALISTIC TALKING HEAD CREATION

A method and an apparatus for constructing a photo realistic human talking head are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a handheld device; a network and a server. The server comprises the library of alignment templates, a controller, a mixer and a storage means and the handheld device comprises a video camera and a display. The network and the handheld device communicate one with the other and the network and the server communicate one with the other. Each alignment template is different one from the other and representational of an alignment template frame of a photo realistic human talking head having an alignment template head angular position comprising a template head tilt, a template head nod, and a template head swivel component. Each alignment template frame is different one from the other and each alignment template head angular position is different one from the other. The controller selects an alignment template from the library of alignment templates corresponding to a specified alignment template head angular position and having an image output signal representational of the alignment template. The video camera collects an image of a human subject having a head having a human subject head angular position comprising a human subject head tilt, a human subject head nod, and a human subject head swivel component. The video camera has an output signal representational of the collected image of the human subject. The handheld device communicates the output signal of the video camera representational of the collected image of the human subject to the server via the network. The server has an input receiving the output signal of the video camera representational of the collected image of the human subject. The server receives the selected alignment template image output signal from the controller, and communicates the selected alignment template image output signal and the received collected image signal of the human subject to the mixer. The mixer receives the selected alignment template image output signal and the communicated collected image signal of the human subject, and mixes one with the other into an output signal representational of a composite image of the collected image of the human subject and the selected alignment template, and communicates the composite image signal of the collected image of the human subject and the selected alignment template to the server. The server has an output signal representational of the composite image sign