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A novel vision-based human motion capture system using dual-Kinect

  • Qiang Peng
  • , Weihai Chen*
  • , Xingming Wu
  • , Jianhua Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel vision-based human motion capture system, which employs two simultaneously running Kinects to scan the same subject in order to improve the stability. First the causes of the noise and the unstability of single Kinect system is analyzed. Then we introduce a very simple but effective method to calibrate two Kinects. As the Kinect's depth sensing is based on the emission of an infrared pattern, two Kinects should be placed with a 180° angle to each other to reduce the interference errors caused by overlapping fields of view. Two Kinects capturing motions of the same subject results in two sets of data, each representing the motions from a certain angle. We propose a fusion algorithm with the redundant data to make up for the obstructed parts without doing any post estimation or approximation and stabilize the system as well. The experiment validates the effectiveness of the proposed approach for overcoming the noise and the occlusion problem.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2015 10th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages51-56
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781467373173
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 2015
Event10th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2015 - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 15 Jun 201517 Jun 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2015 10th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2015

Conference

Conference10th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2015
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period15/06/1517/06/15

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