An alternative formulation for determining weights of joint displacement objective function in seated posture prediction

Authors:
Qiuling Zou;Qinghong Zhang;Jingzhou Yang;Robyn Boothby;Jared Gragg;Aimee Cloutier
Affiliations:
Human-Centric Design Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX;Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI;Human-Centric Design Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX;Human-Centric Design Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX;Human-Centric Design Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX;Human-Centric Design Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Venue:
ICDHM'11 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Digital human modeling
Year:
2011

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Abstract

The human posture prediction model is one of the most important and fundamental components in digital human models. The direct optimization-based method has recently gained more attention due to its ability to give greater insights, compared to other approaches, as how and why humans assume a certain pose. However, one longstanding problem of this method is how to determine the cost function weights in the optimization formulation. This paper presents an alternative formulation based on our previous inverse optimization approach. The cost function contains two components. The first is the weighted summation of the difference between experimental joint angles and neutral posture, and the second is the weighted summation of the difference between predicted joint angles and the neutral posture. The final objective function is then the difference of these two components. Constraints include (1) normalized weights within limits; (2) an inner optimization problem to solve for the joint angles, where joint displacement is the objective function; (3) the end-effector reaches the target point; and (4) the joint angles are within their limits. Furthermore, weight limits and linear weight constraints determined through observation are implemented. A 24 degree of freedom (DOF) human upper body model is used to study the formulation. An in-house motion capture system is used to obtain the realistic posture. Four different percentiles of subjects are selected and a total of 18 target points are designed for this experiment. The results show that using the new objective function in this alternative formulation can greatly improve the accuracy of the predicted posture.