Department of Computer & Information Science

Center for Human Modeling and Simulation

TITLE:
Animation of Human Locomotion Using Sagittal Elevation Angles

AUTHOR(S):
Dimitris Metaxas, University of Pennsylvania
Harold C. Sun, University of Pennsylvania

DOCUMENT TYPE: Conference Paper

This document has been peer reviewed.

Copyright 2000 IEEE. Reprinted from Eighth Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, pages 429-430. Publisher URL: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/PCCGA.2000.883979

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ABSTRACT:

This paper presents a data-driven procedural model for the kinematic animation of human walking. The use of data yields realistic looking gait, while the procedural model yields flexibility. We present a new motion data representation, the sagittal elevation angles, and present biomechanical evidence that these angles have a stereotyped pattern across many different walking situations, implying their reusability as a motion data source. We also sketch our algorithm for animating human gait based on sagittal elevation angle data which allows us to generate curved locomotion on uneven terrain with stylistic variation without requiring new datasets.

DATE POSTED: 12 July 2007