Papers by Keyword: Human Modeling

Abstract: A good chair cushion not only provides comfort but also control the posture and to reduce the risk of pressure sore occurred. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mechanical interaction between the cushion and user of wheelchair. The buttock model geometric, individual data’s of healthy male subject were acquired by 3D reconstruction form laser scanner, while the custom made cushion design based on the Tekscan Clinseat pressure assessment system data. A standard clinical experiment protocol for the collection of interface pressure distribution was developed. The pressure distribution data of buttocks-cushion interface was collected when the subject sat on an initial cushion. According to the pressure distribution data and parameters of cushion material that was acquired in the material test; an individual mathematics model was built and then transferred into CAD software to create the CAD model of the cushion deflection geometry.

Abstract: For sophisticated background, a human body tracking algorithm using particle filter based on a 3D articulated body model is introduced. First, a high-fidelity biomechanical upper body model, which is accurate for representing varies complicated human poses and simple to be developed, has been built. Then sequences of images are obtained by using a stereo camera. After calibration, verification and background subtraction, depth map, foreground silhouette, arms skeleton are chosen to construct the likelihood function. The state vectors describing the human pose are computed by fitting the articulated body model to observed person using particle filter. In order to reduce the computational complexity and the number of particles, constraints are employed to restrict the state parameters. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can track human upper body with different poses, different person under different illumination conditions fast and accurately.