A Human Gait Analyzer

Author

Ferreira, João P. ; Crisóstomo, Manuel ; Coimbra, A. Paulo ; Carnide, David ; Marto, António

Author_Institution

Univ. of Coimbra, Coimbra

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

With this work, it is intended to do the tracking and analysis of the human motion, more specifically the gait. By using computational vision, it has been acquired the trajectories of defined control points in individuals´ body, throughout time and space. These results are to be used afterwards in gait specification of biped robots. Several types of movement and the phases that compose a common system of capture and analysis of movement are referenced. Then, methods used in image processing and a description of existing gait types are detailed. Finally, the implemented software is presented and the results analyzed.

Keywords

gait analysis; image motion analysis; legged locomotion; biped robots; computational vision; gait specification; human gait analyzer; human motion analysis; Aerospace industry; Biomedical imaging; Computer vision; Data mining; Humans; Image processing; Intelligent robots; Kinematics; Medical robotics; Service robots; Balance; biped robotics; human gait; image processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Signal Processing, 2007. WISP 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Alcala de Henares

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0829-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0830-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WISP.2007.4447537

Filename

4447537