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Markerless monocular tracking of articulated human motion

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Abstract

This paper presents a method for tracking general 3D general articulated human motion using a single camera with unknown calibration data. No markers, special clothes, or devices are assumed to be attached to the subject. In addition, both the camera and the subject are allowed to move freely, so that long-term view-independent human motion tracking and recognition are possible. We exploit the fact that the anatomical structure of the human body can be approximated by an articulated blob model. The optical flow under scaled orthographic projection is used to relate the spatial-temporal intensity change of the image sequence to the human motion parameters. These motion parameters are obtained by solving a set of linear equations to achieve global optimization. The correctness and robustness of the proposed method are demonstrated using Tai Chi, sequences.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages693-696
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)1424407281, 9781424407286
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: Apr 15 2007Apr 20 2007

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume1
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu, HI
Period4/15/074/20/07

Keywords

  • Kinematics
  • Machine vision
  • Tracking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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