An analysis of the amplitude factors of the Bunraku puppet´s motion axis-for the description, analysis, and generation of humanoids´ motions

Author

Hattori, Masashi ; Furuta, S. ; Nishizawa, Shinichi ; Tadokoro, S. ; Takamori, Toshi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Kobe Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

900

Abstract

In order to design emotional actions of computer graphic characters, the authors analysed the actions of a Bunraku puppet which is manipulated by an expert of puppet manipulation. The puppet´s action is decomposed into a main part which is the motion of the puppet´s axis and the accompaniment which is the relative motion with respect to the motion of the axis. The emotional actions of the puppet are explained by the phase factor and the amplitude factor of the motion of the puppet´s axis. Based on this analysis, a simple method to design emotional actions are obtained

Keywords

computer animation; user interfaces; Bunraku puppet; amplitude factors; computer animation; computer graphics; emotion; humanoid motions; motion axis; phase factor; user interfaces; Assembly; Character generation; Design engineering; Design methodology; Humanoid robots; Humans; Leg; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic heads; Motion analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2000 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nashville, TN

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6583-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2000.885964

Filename

885964