• Journal of Game and Entertainment
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.55-62
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• 2005

The expression of the movement in the animation is one of important factors built up the work. It is determined wholly by the experiences of the animator in the animation, on the contrary, the expression of movie depends on the data obtained from the motion capture or the movement of the actors. One of the most important factors is the timing expression in expression of movement of characters and the proper understanding of direction circumstance and the expression of the timing make the animation more plentiful visually and also these are the basic method that introduce the feeling to the characters. In this study we Identify the basic principles of timing expression in the animation, make experiments for the changes of timing by the camera's angle, compare them and show the most proper methods of timing expression.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.8-14
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• 2012

In this paper, we develope the smart phone App. contents of 3D sign language to widen the opportunity of the korean sign language education for the hearing-impaired and normal people. Especially, we propose the sign language conversion algorithm that automatically transform the structure of Korean phrases to the structure of the sign language. Also, we implement the 3D sign language animation DB using motion capture system and data glove for acquiring the natural motions. Finally, UNITY 3D engine is used for the realtime 3D rendering of sign language motion. We are distributing the proposed App. with 3D sign language DB of 1,300 words to the iPhone App. store and Android App. store.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.1587-1596
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• 2016

This paper presents an interactive locomotion controller using motion capture data and inverted pendulum model. Most of the data-driven character controller using motion capture data have two kinds of limitation. First, it needs many example motion capture data to generate realistic motion. Second, it is difficult to make natural-looking motion when characters navigate dynamic terrain. In this paper, we present a technique that uses dimension reduction technique to motion capture data together with the Gaussian process dynamical model (GPDM), and interpolates the low-dimensional data to make final motion. With the low-dimensional data, we can make realistic walking motion with few example motion capture data. In addition, we apply the inverted pendulum model (IPM) to calculate the root trajectory considering the real-time user input upon the dynamic terrain. Our method can be used in game, virtual training, and many real-time applications.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.47-54
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• 2013

In this paper, we present an inertial sensor-based motion capturing system to measure and analyze whole body movements. This system implements a wireless AHRS(attitude heading reference system) we developed using a combination of rate gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer sensor signals. Several AHRS modules mounted on segments of the patient's body provide the quaternions representing the patient segments's orientation in space. We performed 3D motion capture using the quaternion data calculated. And a method is also proposed for calculating three-dimensional inter-segment joint angle which is an important bio-mechanical measure for a variety of applications related to rehabilitation. To evaluate the performance of our AHRS module, the Vicon motion capture system, which offers millimeter resolution of 3D spatial displacements and orientations, is used as a reference. The evaluation resulted in a RMSE of 2.56 degree. The results suggest that our system will provide an in-depth insight into the effectiveness, appropriate level of care, and feedback of the rehabilitation process by performing real-time limbs or gait analysis during the post-stroke recovery process.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.17-23
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• 2002

Motion capture system is widely used nowadays in the entertainment industry like movies, computer games and broadcasting. This system consist of several high resolution and high speed CCD cameras and expensive frame grabbing hardware for image acquisition. KAIST VR laboratory focused on low cost system for a few years and have been developed a LAN based optical motion capture system. But, by using low cost system some problems like occlusion, noise and swapping of markers' trajectory can be occurred. And more labor intensive work is needed for post-processing process. In this thesis, we propose a trajectory rectification algorithm by confidence model of markers attached on actor. Confidence model is based on graph structure and consist of linkage, marker and frame confidence. To reduce the manual work in post-processing, we have to reconstruct the marker graph by maximizing the frame confidence.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.11-20
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• 2015

We present a new interactive technique for directing the motion sequences of an animated character by dragging its specific body part to a desired location in the three-dimensional virtual environment via a hand motion tracking device. The motion sequences of our character is synthesized by reordering subsequences of captured motion data based on a well-known graph representation. For each new input location, our system samples the space of possible future states by unrolling the graph into a spatial search tree, and retrieves one of the states at which the dragged body part of the character gets closer to the input location. We minimize the difference between each pair of successively retrieved states, so that the user is able to anticipate which states will be found by varying the input location, and resultantly, to quickly reach the desired states. The usefulness of our method is demonstrated through experiments with breakdance, boxing, and basketball motion data.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.9
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• pp.1017-1026
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• 2012

In this study, an exoskeleton-type robot is developed to assist frozen shoulder rehabilitation in a systematic and efficient manner for humans. The developed robot has two main features. The first is a structural feature: this robot was designed to rehabilitate both shoulders of a patient, and the three axes of the shoulder meet at one point to generate human-like ball joint motions. The second is a functional feature that is divided into two rehabilitation modes: the first mode is a joint rehabilitation mode that helps to recover the shoulder's original range of motion by moving the patient's shoulder according to patterns obtained by motion capture, and the second mode is a muscle rehabilitation mode that strengthens the shoulder muscles by suitably resisting the patient's motion. Through these two modes, frozen shoulder rehabilitation can be performed systematically according to the patient's condition. The development procedure is described in detail.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.690-695
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• 2009

본 논문은 영화, 방송, 애니메이션 등의 다양한 동영상 콘텐츠에 수화 애니메이션을 합성하여 동영상 콘텐츠를 청각 및 언어장애인들에게 이해시키기 위한 수화 통역 VR 콘텐츠 시스템을 제안하고자 한다. 제안된 시스템은 수화 사전에 있는 수화들을 3D 애니메이션으로 DB화하기 위해, 모션 캡처 시스템과 데이터 글러브를 사용하여 실제 사람처럼 자연스러운 애니메이션을 생성하였다. 최종적으로 동영상 콘텐츠의 자막이나 대본의 구문분석을 한 후, 이를 수화용 단어자막을 통해 수화 애니메이션을 DB에서 검색한 후, 실시간적으로 기존 동영상 콘텐츠와 동기합성을 하여 수화 통역 콘텐츠를 제공하는 VR 콘텐츠 시스템을 구현하였고 이 시스템을 동화용 애니메이션에 적용하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.401-404
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• 2013

청각장애인을 위한 지상파방송 서비스 중 자막방송은 100%에 가까운 편성 비율을 달성하고 있지만, 화면을 가리는 수화방송은 5% 수준의 편성에 그치고 있다. 본 연구에서는 자막방송을 수화로 번역하여 그래픽 수화방송을 생성함으로써 수화방송의 비율을 높이고자 한다. 수화 단어들의 빈도를 파악하고 중요 단어부터 모션 캡처하기 위해 과거 3년간 일기예보 스크립트를 분석하였다. 자막방송 문장을 형태소별로 분석한 다음 중요 품사 위주로 단어 단위로 번역하고, 기 구축된 한국어 어휘의미망을 이용하여 수화사전에 없는 유의어와 하위어를 대표어로 대체하였다. 기계번역 기술이 수화통역사의 수준을 따라잡을 수는 없지만 향후 수화방송도 선택적 서비스가 가능해지고 수화통역사의 수화방송이 모든 프로그램에 편성될 때까지 본 시스템이 보조적 시청 수단으로 사용 가능할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.430-433
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 ISO/IEC JTC1 SC24와 Web3D Consortium에 의해 제정된 국제표준인 H-Anim을 이용하여 캐릭터 애니메이션 교환을 위한 스키마를 정의한다. 기존의 H-Anim 에서는 인간형 캐릭터 구조의 전송이나 저장에 필요한 계층적 데이터 구조를 X3D 기반으로 정의하고 있으나, 생성된 애니메이션을 다른 캐릭터에 그대로 적용할 수 있도록 설계되어 있지는 않다. 본 연구에서는 임의의 H-Anim 캐릭터 모델에 임의의 모션 캡처 데이터를 이용하여 애니메이션을 생성할 수 있도록 H-Anim 에 애니메이션을 정의하는 방법과 이를 기존의 H-Anim 구조에 부합하도록 애니메이션 기능을 위한 스키마 확장에 대해 기술한다. 본 연구에서의 캐릭터 애니메이션 데이터 형식은 서로 다른 응용들 사이에서 애니메이션 데이터를 공유하고 서로 호환성을 갖도록 하는 것을 목적으로 한다.