Controlling 3-D objects by sketching 2-D views

Ronie Hecker, Ken Perlin

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Abstract

User control of robotic or graphic objects containing many internal degrees of freedom is difficult - existing input devices do not map well onto the parameters of highly articulated objects. When a high degree of precision is not required, as is often the case when driving graphics for 3-D animation, we show that the 3-D position and orientation of the object and the values of its joints can be recovered from 2-D sketches of the object. Such freehand sketches represent projections of the object onto the picture plane as the user wants to see it. The result is a very intuitive method for 'sketching in 3-D'. To test the robustness with respect to freehand drawing, a particularly 'noisy' form of sensory data, we experiment with freehand strokes that artists sketch to directly position, orient and control the joints of 3-D human-like stick figures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
PublisherPubl by Int Soc for Optical Engineering
Pages46-48
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)0819410292
StatePublished - 1993
EventSensor Fusion V - Boston, MA, USA
Duration: Nov 15 1992Nov 17 1992

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume1828
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherSensor Fusion V
CityBoston, MA, USA
Period11/15/9211/17/92

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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