Automatic Identification of Wrist Position in a Virtual Environment for Garment Design

Abstract

With the development of virtual reality, computer-aided design has shown its strength in the garment product development process. Wrist position corresponds to the styloid process of the ulna (SPU). Due the problem that the SPU position is usually not the finest position of the forearm, the wrist position identification in the 3D clothing design is quite important. This paper proposes a method that uses a fixed-step search algorithm based on existing proportion methods to determine the position of the SPU. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method has been validated using 100 samples by comparison with the existing methods. It can be fully applied to a virtual 3D-to-2D garment prototyping process and ensure the automation of this process.