Research Article

A motion generator approach to translating human motion from video to animation

  1. Tsukasa Noma*,
  2. Kyoji Oishi,
  3. Hiroshi Futsuhara,
  4. Hiromi Baba,
  5. Takeshi Ohashi,
  6. Toshiaki Ejima

Article first published online: 10 JAN 2001

DOI: 10.1002/1099-1778(200012)11:5<237::AID-VIS237>3.0.CO;2-Q

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The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation

The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation

Special Issue: Pacific Graphics '99

Volume 11, Issue 5, pages 237–248, December 2000

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Noma, T., Oishi, K., Futsuhara, H., Baba, H., Ohashi, T. and Ejima, T. (2000), A motion generator approach to translating human motion from video to animation. The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation, 11: 237–248. doi: 10.1002/1099-1778(200012)11:5<237::AID-VIS237>3.0.CO;2-Q

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*Department of Artificial Intelligence, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 JAN 2001
  2. Article first published online: 10 JAN 2001
  3. Manuscript Revised: 10 JUN 2000
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Keywords:

  • motion generator approach;
  • human body tracking;
  • human body animation;
  • motion capture;
  • video processing;
  • surveillance

Abstract

This paper proposes a motion generator approach to translating human motion from video image sequences to computer animations in real time. In this approach, a motion generator makes inferences about the current human motion and/or posture from the data obtained by processing the source video images, and then generates a set of joint angles for the target human body model. Compared with conventional motion capture methods, our approach is more robust, and tolerant of broader environmental and postural conditions. Experiments on a prototype system show that an animated virtual human can walk, sit, and lie as the real human performs without special illumination control. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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