ANATOMICALLY CORRECT ADAPTION OF KINEMATIC SKELETONS TO VIRTUAL HUMANS

Christian Rau, Guido Brunnett

2012

Abstract

The adaption of a given kinematic skeleton to a triangular mesh representing the shape of a human is a task still done manually in most animation pipelines. In this work we propose methods for automating this process. By thoroughly analyzing the mesh and utilizing anatomical knowledge, we are able to provide an accurate skeleton alignment, suited for animating the surface of a virtual human based on motion capture data. In contrast to existing work, our methods on the one hand support the anatomically correct adaption of detailed skeletal structures, but on the other hand are robust against the reduction of the mesh’s tessellation complexity.

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in Harvard Style

Rau C. and Brunnett G. (2012). ANATOMICALLY CORRECT ADAPTION OF KINEMATIC SKELETONS TO VIRTUAL HUMANS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-02-0, pages 341-346. DOI: 10.5220/0003822503410346


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp12,
author={Christian Rau and Guido Brunnett},
title={ANATOMICALLY CORRECT ADAPTION OF KINEMATIC SKELETONS TO VIRTUAL HUMANS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={341-346},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003822503410346},
isbn={978-989-8565-02-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)
TI - ANATOMICALLY CORRECT ADAPTION OF KINEMATIC SKELETONS TO VIRTUAL HUMANS
SN - 978-989-8565-02-0
AU - Rau C.
AU - Brunnett G.
PY - 2012
SP - 341
EP - 346
DO - 10.5220/0003822503410346