Human Motion: Understanding, Modelling, Capture, and Animation: 36 (Computational Imaging and Vision, 36) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 20: Computational Imaging and Vision
 
9781402066924: Human Motion: Understanding, Modelling, Capture, and Animation: 36 (Computational Imaging and Vision, 36)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1402066929 ISBN 13: 9781402066924
Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

Edward Muybridge (1830–1904) is known as the pioneer in motion capt- ing with his famous experiments in 1887 called “Animal Locomotion”. Since then, the ?eld of animal or human motion analysis has grown in many dir- tions. However, research and results that involve human-like animation and the recovery of motion is still far from being satisfactory. The modelling, tracking, and understanding of human motion based on video sequences as a research ?eld has increased in importance particularly in thelastdecadewiththeemergenceofapplicationsinsportssciences,medicine, biomechanics, animation (online games), surveillance, and security. Progress in human motion analysis depends on empirically anchored and grounded research in computer vision, computer graphics, and biomechanics. Though these ?elds of research are often treated separately, human motion analysis requires the integration of methodologies from computer vision and computer graphics.Furthermore,theunderstandinganduseofbiomechanicsconstraints improves the robustness of such an approach. This book is based on a June 2006 workshop held in Dagstuhl, Germany. This workshop brought together for the ?rst time researchers from the afo- mentioned disciplines. Based on their diverse perspectives, these researchers havebeendevelopingnewmethodologiesandcontributing,throughtheir?- ings, to the domain of human motion analysis. The interdisciplinary character of the workshop allowed people to present a wide range of approaches that helped stimulate intellectual discussions and the exchange of new ideas.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1402066929
ISBN 13 
9781402066924
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
646
Editor
Rosenhahn Bodo, Klette Reinhard, Metaxas Dimitris