OpenThermalPose2: Extending the Open-Source Annotated Thermal Human Pose Dataset With More Data, Subjects, and Poses

• Published in: IEEE transactions on biometrics, behavior, and identity science p. 1
• Main Authors: Kuzdeuov, Askat, Zakaryanov, Miras, Tleuliyev, Alim, Varol, Huseyin Atakan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2025
• Subjects: Accuracy; Annotations; Biological system modeling; Cameras; Image resolution; Indoor environment; Lighting; Pose estimation; Testing; thermal human pose dataset; Thermal human pose estimation; Training; YOLO11-pose; YOLOv8-pose

Human pose estimation has many applications in action recognition, human-robot interaction, motion capture, augmented reality, sports analytics, and healthcare. Numerous datasets and deep learning models have been developed for human pose estimation within the visible domain. However, poor lighting...