• DocumentCode
    855792
  • Title

    3-D head pose recovery for interactive virtual reality avatars

  • Author

    Cordea, Marius D. ; Petriu, Dorina C. ; Petriu, Emil M. ; Georganas, Nicolas D. ; Whalen, Thomas E.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    640
  • Lastpage
    644
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses a tracking method allowing real-time recovery of the three-dimensional (3-D) position and orientation of a moving head. The described method uses a wireframe model of the head, a feature-based matching algorithm, and an extended Kalman filter estimator. The resulting motion tracking system works in a realistic environment without makeup on the face, with uncalibrated camera, and unknown lighting conditions and background.
  • Keywords
    Kalman filters; feature extraction; image matching; motion estimation; real-time systems; tracking; virtual reality; extended Kalman filter estimator; feature-based matching algorithm; interactive virtual reality avatar; motion tracking system; real-time system; three-dimensional head pose recovery; wireframe model; Avatars; Cameras; Face detection; Geometry; Head; Length measurement; Motion estimation; Motion measurement; Tracking; Virtual reality;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2002.802261
  • Filename
    1044679