Child body shape measurement using depth cameras and a statistical body shape model

• Published in: Ergonomics Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 301 - 309
• Main Authors: Park, Byoung-Keon, Lumeng, Julie C., Lumeng, Carey N., Ebert, Sheila M., Reed, Matthew P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 01.02.2015; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Anthropometry; Anthropometry - instrumentation; Anthropometry - methods; Avatars; Body Size; Cameras; Child; child body shape measurement; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; depth camera; Dimensional measurements; Ergonomics; Female; Fittings; Human body; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - instrumentation; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Lasers; Male; Mathematical models; Measurement; Models, Statistical; Photography - instrumentation; Photography - methods; Principal Component Analysis; Principal components analysis; statistical body shape model; surface fitting; Torso; statistical body shape model; depth camera; anthropometry; child body shape measurement; surface fitting
• ISSN: 0014-0139; 1366-5847; 1366-5847
• DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.965754

We present a new method for rapidly measuring child body shapes from noisy, incomplete data captured from low-cost depth cameras. This method fits the data using a statistical body shape model (SBSM) to find a complete avatar in the realistic body shape space. The method also predicts a set of stand...