Title :
T4: a motion-capture-based goal-directed real-time responsive locomotion engine
Author :
Tsumura, Tadasuke ; Yoshizuka, Takeharu ; Nojirino, Takashi ; Noma, Tsukasa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Artificial Intelligence, Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents a new locomotion engine called T4. T4 is designed to cover walking motions on a horizontal floor, including straight/curved locomotion and turning-around, with captured motion data. It combines a step planner which determines parameters for the next step, and a database of captured step motion data. Captured step data are managed as 6D Delaunay triangles, and valid blended step motion data are obtained from the requested step parameters. The above mechanism realizes: (1) validity of blended data, (2) goal-directed property, (3) responsiveness, (4) realtime performance, and (5) reality from motion capture
Keywords :
computer animation; image motion analysis; mesh generation; planning; real-time systems; 6D Delaunay triangles; T4; blended step motion data; captured step motion database; curved locomotion; goal-directed property; horizontal floor; motion capture based goal directed real-time responsive locomotion engine; reality; responsiveness; step planner; straight locomotion; turning around; walking motions; Animation; Artificial intelligence; Autonomous agents; Character generation; Databases; Delay; Engines; Legged locomotion; Mechanical factors; Path planning;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Animation, 2001. The Fourteenth Conference on Computer Animation. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7237-9
DOI :
10.1109/CA.2001.982377
