An adaptable system for RGB-D based human body detection and pose estimation

  • Authors:
  • Koen Buys;Cedric Cagniart;Anatoly Baksheev;Tinne De Laet;Joris De Schutter;Caroline Pantofaru

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

Human body detection and pose estimation is useful for a wide variety of applications and environments. Therefore a human body detection and pose estimation system must be adaptable and customizable. This paper presents such a system that extracts skeletons from RGB-D sensor data. The system adapts on-line to difficult unstructured scenes taken from a moving camera (since it does not require background subtraction) and benefits from using both color and depth data. It is customizable by virtue of requiring less training data, having a clearly described training method, and a customizable human kinematic model. Results show successful application to data from a moving camera in cluttered indoor environments. This system is open-source, encouraging reuse, comparison, and future research.