Towards real-time body pose estimation for presenters in meeting environments

Ronald Walter Poppe; Dirk K.J. Heylen; Antinus Nijholt; Mannes Poel

Towards real-time body pose estimation for presenters in meeting environments

Ronald Walter Poppe, Dirk K.J. Heylen, Antinus Nijholt, Mannes Poel

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This paper describes a computer vision-based approach to body pose estimation. The algorithm can be executed in real-time and processes low resolution, monocular image sequences. A silhouette is extracted and matched against a projection of a 16 DOF human body model. In addition, skin color is used to locate hands and head. No detailed human body model is needed. We evaluate the approach both quantitatively using synthetic image sequences and qualitatively on video test data of short presentations. The algorithm is developed with the aim of using it in the context of a meeting room where the poses of a presenter have to be estimated. The results can be applied in the domain of virtual environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision'2005 (WSCG'2005)
Place of Publication	Plzen, Czech Republic
Publisher	Science Press
Pages	41-44
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	80-903100-9-5
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision'2005 (WSCG'2005) - Duration: 1 Jan 2005 → 1 Jan 2005

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Conference	International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision'2005 (WSCG'2005)
Period	1/01/05 → 1/01/05

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HMI-IA: Intelligent Agents
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP6/506811

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Poppe, RW, Heylen, DKJ , Nijholt, A & Poel, M 2005, Towards real-time body pose estimation for presenters in meeting environments. in Proceedings of the International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision'2005 (WSCG'2005). Science Press, Plzen, Czech Republic, pp. 41-44, International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision'2005 (WSCG'2005), 1/01/05.

Towards real-time body pose estimation for presenters in meeting environments. / Poppe, Ronald Walter; Heylen, Dirk K.J.; Nijholt, Antinus et al.
Proceedings of the International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision'2005 (WSCG'2005). Plzen, Czech Republic: Science Press, 2005. p. 41-44.

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