Application of a hybrid algorithm for non-humanoid skeleton model estimation from motion capture data

Abstract

Currently, when Motion Capture being commonly used in gaming and movie industry there is a need of robust, easy and flexible solution to capture motion of non-humanoid characters in order to animate virtual characters in a game or movie. To fill this gap we developed an algorithm which estimates model of skeleton structure of both humanoid and non-humanoid characters. Quality and the possibility of real-life applications of the presented algorithm were experimentally evaluated. During the experiment we estimated the skeleton structure from the markers attached to a dog's skin. Quality of the resulting model is very promising. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.