Distance matrices as invariant features for classifying MoCap data

This work introduces a new representation for Motion Capture data (MoCap) that is invariant under rigid transformation and robust for classification and annotation of MoCap data. This representation relies on distance matrices that fully characterize the class of identical postures up to the body position or orientation. This high dimensional feature descriptor is tailored using PCA and incorporated into an action graph based classification scheme. Classification experiments on publicly available data show the accuracy and robustness of the proposed MoCap representation.