3D Human Pose Estimation from a Monocular Image Using Model Fitting in Eigenspaces

Geli Bo, Katsunori Onishi, Tetsuya Takiguchi, Yasuo Ariki
DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2010.311125                

Abstract

Generally, there are two approaches for solving the problem of human pose estimation from monocular images. One is the learning-based approach, and the other is the model-based approach. The former method can estimate the poses rapidly but has the disadvantage of low estimation accuracy. While the latter method is able to accurately estimate the poses, its computational cost is high. In this paper, we propose a method to integrate the learning-based and model-based approaches to improve the estimation precision. In the learning-based approach, we use regression analysis to model the mapping from visual observations to human poses. In the model-based approach, a particle filter is employed on the results of regression analysis. To solve the curse of the dimensionality problem, the eigenspace of each motion is learned using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Finally, the proposed method was estimated using the CMU Graphics Lab Motion Capture Database. The RMS error of human joint angles was 6.2 degrees using our method, an improvement of up to 0.9 degrees compared to the method without eigenspaces.

Keywords

HOG, Regression Analysis, Eigenspaces, Particle Filter, Pose Estimation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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