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The Interpretation of Biological Motion

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dc.creator Hoffman, D.D.
dc.creator Flinchbaugh, B.E.
dc.date 2004-10-01T20:31:41Z
dc.date 2004-10-01T20:31:41Z
dc.date 1980-12-01
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-09T02:40:53Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-09T02:40:53Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-09
dc.identifier AIM-608
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5698
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description The term biological motion has been coined by G. Johansson (1973) to refer to the ambulatory patterns of terrestrial bipeds and quadripeds. In this paper a computational theory of the visual perception of biological motion is proposed. The specific problem addressed is how the three dimensional structure and motions of animal limbs may be computed from the two dimensional motions of their projected images. It is noted that the limbs of animals typically do not move arbitrarily during ambulation. Rather, for anatomical reasons, they typically move in single planes for extended periods of time. This simple anatomical constraint is exploited as the basis for utilizing a "planarity assumption" in the interpretation of biological motion. The analysis proposed is: (1) divide the image into groups of two or three elements each; (2) test each group for pairwise-rigid planar motion; (3) combine the results from (2). Fundamental to the analysis are two 'structure from planar motion' propositions. The first states that the structure and motion of two points rigidly linked and rotating in a plane is recoverable from three orthographic projections. The second states that the structure and motion of three points forming two hinged rods constrained to move in a plane is recoverable from two orthographic projections. The psychological relevance of the analysis and possible interactions with top down recognition processes are discussed.
dc.format 22 p.
dc.format 6654072 bytes
dc.format 4775914 bytes
dc.format application/postscript
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en_US
dc.relation AIM-608
dc.subject biological motion
dc.subject planarity assumption
dc.title The Interpretation of Biological Motion


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