Accuracy and robustness of Kinect pose estimation in the context of coaching of elderly population

Stepan Obdrzalek; Gregorij Kurillo; Ferda Ofli; Ruzena Bajcsy; Edmund Seto; Holly Jimison; Michael Pavel

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346149

Accuracy and robustness of Kinect pose estimation in the context of coaching of elderly population

Stepan Obdrzalek^*
, Gregorij Kurillo
, Ferda Ofli
, Ruzena Bajcsy
, Edmund Seto
, Holly Jimison
, Michael Pavel

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Microsoft Kinect camera is becoming increasingly popular in many areas aside from entertainment, including human activity monitoring and rehabilitation. Many people, however, fail to consider the reliability and accuracy of the Kinect human pose estimation when they depend on it as a measuring system. In this paper we compare the Kinect pose estimation (skeletonization) with more established techniques for pose estimation from motion capture data, examining the accuracy of joint localization and robustness of pose estimation with respect to the orientation and occlusions. We have evaluated six physical exercises aimed at coaching of elderly population. Experimental results present pose estimation accuracy rates and corresponding error bounds for the Kinect system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012
Pages	1188-1193
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346149
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2012 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 28 Aug 2012 → 1 Sept 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
ISSN (Print)	1557-170X

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Conference	34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	28/08/12 → 1/09/12

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Obdrzalek, S., Kurillo, G., Ofli, F., Bajcsy, R., Seto, E., Jimison, H., & Pavel, M. (2012). Accuracy and robustness of Kinect pose estimation in the context of coaching of elderly population. In 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012 (pp. 1188-1193). Article 6346149 (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS). https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346149

Obdrzalek, Stepan ; Kurillo, Gregorij ; Ofli, Ferda et al. / Accuracy and robustness of Kinect pose estimation in the context of coaching of elderly population. 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012. 2012. pp. 1188-1193 (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS).

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Obdrzalek, S, Kurillo, G, Ofli, F, Bajcsy, R, Seto, E, Jimison, H & Pavel, M 2012, Accuracy and robustness of Kinect pose estimation in the context of coaching of elderly population. in 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012., 6346149, Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 1188-1193, 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2012, San Diego, CA, United States, 28/08/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346149

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