Humen Mocap Aimation Retrieval and Searching                         

In this paper we propose a perceptually consistent, example-based human motion retrieval approach that is capable of efficiently searching for and ranking similar motion sequences given a query motion input. Our method employs a motion pattern discovery and matching scheme that breaks human motions into a part-based, hierarchical motion representation. Building upon this representation, a fast string match algorithm is used for efficient runtime motion query processing. Finally, we conducted comparative user studies to evaluate the accuracy and perceptualconsistency of our approach by comparing it with the state of the art example-based human motion search algorithms.

   
 

Demo (26 MB, Avi)

Paper(pdf)

Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D 09)

 

  Compression and Reconstruction of Motion Capture Animation
 

This paper proposes a novel scheme to compress human motion capture data based on hierarchical structure construction and motion pattern indexing. Its central scheme is to greatly reduces the redundancy in a motion sequence by utilizing the fact that the motion of a meaningful human part (e.g. arm, leg, etc.) usually exhibits similar patterns over the time. As a result, higher compression ratio has been achieved when compared with the prior art, especially for long sequences of motion capture data with repetitive motion styles. Another distinction of this work is that it provides means for flexible and intuitive global and local distortion controls.

 

 

 

 

Demo (19 MB, Avi)

Paper(pdf)

Computer Graphics Forum (CGF 09)

 

                                                                                    
 

Neighbor embedding and Example-based Super-resolution

     
 

In a number of real-world applications, a common problem of losing sharpness occurs when we want to increase the resolution of an digital image by simply enlarging it . Super-resolution is a solution for those problems by evaluating a high-resolution image (HR) from one or more low-resolution images (LR). In this project we implement four neighbor embedding and example-based super-resolution solutions using some common traning image pictures. In order to obtain a HR image from given LR version, for instance, produce a 1024*768 picture from the 320*240 snapshot, the only requirement of the system is inputing some semantically similar picture pairs as training set.