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Segmentation and Transition Techniques for Plausible Dance Motion Generation  

Kang, Kyung-Kyu (숭실대학교 미디어학과)
Choung, Yu-Jean (숭실대학교 미디어학과)
Han, Kwang-Pa (숭실대학교 미디어학과)
Kim, Dong-Ho (숭실대학교 미디어학부)
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Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory / v.35, no.8, 2008 , pp. 407-415 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents novel segmentation and transition techniques for dancing motion synthesis. The segmentation method for dancing motions is based on Laban Movement Analysis (LMA). We assume a dance sequence as a set of small dancing motions. To segment a dancing motion is a subjective, psychological, and complex problem, so we extract the shape factor of LMA from a dance motion and observe shape's changes to find the boundaries of dance segments. We also introduce a transition method that meets constraints on the feet. This method that is based on a linear interpolation modifies the intermediate posture motion after analyzing footprint positions. The posture could be a key-frame between source motion and target motion on the transition. With the proposed techniques, it would be easy for multimedia applications to generate plausible dance motions.
Keywords
Character animation; Dance motion; Motion analysis; Motion segmentation; Motion synthesis;
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