Retrieval, Recognition and Reconstruction of Quadruped Motions

Björn Krüger, Hashim Yasin, Rebeka Zsoldos, Andreas Weber

2014

Abstract

Different techniques have been developed for capturing and retrieval, action recognition and video based reconstruction of human motion data in the past years. In this paper, we focus on how these techniques can be adapted to handle quadruped motion capture data and which new applications may appear. We discuss some particularities that must be considered during large animal motion capture. For retrieval, we derive suitable feature sets from quadrupeds motion capture data to perform fast searches for similar motions. Based on the retrieval techniques, the action recognition can be performed on the input motion capture sequences as well as on input video streams. We further present a data-driven approach to reconstruct quadruped motions from video data.

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in Harvard Style

Krüger B., Yasin H., Zsoldos R. and Weber A. (2014). Retrieval, Recognition and Reconstruction of Quadruped Motions . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-002-4, pages 356-363. DOI: 10.5220/0004710903560363


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp14,
author={Björn Krüger and Hashim Yasin and Rebeka Zsoldos and Andreas Weber},
title={Retrieval, Recognition and Reconstruction of Quadruped Motions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={356-363},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004710903560363},
isbn={978-989-758-002-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)
TI - Retrieval, Recognition and Reconstruction of Quadruped Motions
SN - 978-989-758-002-4
AU - Krüger B.
AU - Yasin H.
AU - Zsoldos R.
AU - Weber A.
PY - 2014
SP - 356
EP - 363
DO - 10.5220/0004710903560363