DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS
Masahiro Tada, Masahide Naemura
2006
Abstract
We are conducting research on computer-aided edutainment with a view to creating learning environments where anybody can acquire advanced skills. In this paper, we focus on dance actions as a part of edutainment research and propose a method to evaluate dance skills through motion analysis. Our method consists of wavelet multiresolution analysis and correlation analysis. Firstly, by using wavelet multi- resolution analysis, we decompose complex dance motion data acquired from a motion-capture system into different frequency components. And by applying correlation analysis to the decomposed data, we extract motion features that play a dominant role in evaluating sense of rhythm and harmony of movement of each body part. By comparing the extracted features of amateurs to those of experts, we have achieved a quantitative evaluation method for dance skills. Through experiments, we confirmed that there is a strong correlation amongst extracted motion features and subjective evaluation results of dance skills. Using the proposed method, we have developed a computer-aided edutainment system for dance. By mapping motion-captured dance data and its evaluation results onto the 3-D CG figure, our system enables users to visually know bad points of their dance and acquire more advanced dance skills.
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Paper Citation
in Harvard Style
Tada M. and Naemura M. (2006). DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, ISBN 972-8865-39-2, pages 243-250. DOI: 10.5220/0001358602430250
in Bibtex Style
@conference{grapp06,
author={Masahiro Tada and Masahide Naemura},
title={DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,},
year={2006},
pages={243-250},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001358602430250},
isbn={972-8865-39-2},
}
in EndNote Style
TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,
TI - DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS
SN - 972-8865-39-2
AU - Tada M.
AU - Naemura M.
PY - 2006
SP - 243
EP - 250
DO - 10.5220/0001358602430250