ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,600, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FluentT Inc. (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Method and device for implementing voice-based avatar facial expression" was invented by Ye Chan Jeon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Method for Implementing Voice-Based Avatar Facial Expression. The method comprises: obtaining, by a processor included in a computing device, chunks based on a voice signal, wherein the chunks comprise an amplitude information of the voice signal for a particular time, inputting input signals corresponding to the chunks into a neural network, computing, by a layer included in the neural network, a value...