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    • Computer Vision
    • Computer Graphics
    • Artificial Intelligence

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    • Existing speech-driven animation models struggle with cartoon faces due to appearance and movement differences.
    • Direct application leads to inaccurate key point capture, distorted expressions, and animation artifacts.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose CartoonTalk, a speech-driven cartoon face animation generation model.
    • To address limitations in current techniques for animating cartoon characters from speech.

    Main Methods:

    • The CartoonTalk model integrates 2D cartoon key points with 3D motion coefficients.
    • It comprises three modules: face annotation (2D key points), motion extraction (3D coefficients from speech), and 3D facial rendering.

    Main Results:

    • CartoonTalk significantly outperforms existing approaches in lip-sync accuracy.
    • The model achieves superior visual quality in generated cartoon face animations.
    • New state-of-the-art benchmarks were established on cartoon datasets.

    Conclusions:

    • CartoonTalk offers an effective solution for speech-driven cartoon face animation.
    • The integration of 2D and 3D features enhances animation fidelity.
    • The model sets a new standard for realistic cartoon character lip-sync and expression.