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The Uniform Posture Map Algorithm for the Real-Time Interactive Motion Transitions of an Articulated Body
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The Uniform Posture Map Algorithm for the Real-Time Interactive Motion Transitions of an Articulated Body
Jin Ok Kim6 , Bum Ro Lee7, Chin Hyun Chung7 , Jun Hwang8 and Woongjae Lee8 
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School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 300, Chunchun-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Kyunggi-do, 440-746, KOREA |
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Department of Information and Control Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 447-1, Wolgye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 139-701, KOREA |
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Division of Information and Communication Engineering, Seoul Women’s University, 126, Kongnung2-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 139-774, KOREA |
Abstract
It is important to reuse existing motion capture data for reduction of the animation producing costs as well as for the efficiency
of the producing process. Because its motion curve has no control point, however, captured data is difficult to modify interactively.
Motion transition is a useful method for reusing existing motion data. It generates a seamless intermediate motion with two
short motion sequences. In this paper, the Uniform Posture Map (UPM) is proposed to perform motion transitions. The UPM is
organized through the quantization of various postures with an unsupervised learning algorithm; it places the output neurons
with similar postures in adjacent positions. Using this property, an intermediate posture of applied two postures is generated;
the generating posture is used as a key-frame to make an interpolating motion. The UPM needs fewer computational costs, in
comparison with other motion transition algorithms. It provides a control parameter; an animator can not only control the
motion simply by adjusting this parameter, but also produce animation interactively. The UPM prevents the generating of the
invalid output neurons to present unreal postures in the learning phase; thus, it makes more realistic motion curves; finally
it contributes to the making of more natural motions. The motion transition algorithm proposed in this paper can be applied
to various fields such as real time 3D games, virtual reality applications, and web 3D applications.
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