IPi Soft Evaluation - Revision history

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	Commercial software programs produced by [http://www.ipisoft.com/ iPi Soft], enable the use of multiple depth sensors for human motion capture applications. In this article, the use of this software with multiple Microsoft Kinect sensors is evaluated in a tutorial format. Readers who desire to get up-and-running quickly with similar platform may forgo roughly ten hours of time invested in the activities outlined herein.		Commercial software programs produced by [http://www.ipisoft.com/ iPi Soft], enable the use of multiple depth sensors for human motion capture applications. In this article, the use of this software with multiple Microsoft Kinect sensors is evaluated in a tutorial format. Readers who desire to get up-and-running quickly with similar platform may forgo roughly ten hours of time invested in the activities outlined herein.

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	=== Workflow ===		=== Workflow ===

	~~The high-~~level workflow for ~~a full-cycle of data collection begins with preliminary setup, involves capturing data and processing for both camera calibration and action (~~human motion) data, and ~~ends with the export of results to Matlab compatible format. Here's an outline of the general process~~		[[File:ipi_soft_human_motion_capture_workflow.png\|thumb\|High level workflow for human motion data capture and analysis using iPi Soft software]]

	~~[[File:ipi_soft_human_motion_capture_workflow.png\|thumb\|High~~ level workflow for human motion data ~~capture~~ and ~~analysis using iPi Soft software]]~~		The high-level workflow for a full-cycle of data collection begins with preliminary setup, involves capturing data and processing for both camera calibration and action (human motion) data, and ends with the export of results to Matlab compatible format. Here's a listing of the main processes involved in the accompanying flowchart.

	;~~[[#~~Preliminary Setup~~\|Preliminary Setup]]~~		;Preliminary Setup
	:*Position cameras and hook them up to PCs		:Position cameras and hook them up to PCs and configure camera settings in Recorder
	~~:*Configure~~ camera settings in Recorder

	;~~[[#~~Calibration Capture~~\|Calibration Capture]]~~		;Calibration Capture
	:Use Recorder to capture calibration data (wanding with a light marker)		:Use Recorder to capture calibration data (wanding with a light marker)

	;~~[[#~~Calibration Processing~~\|Calibration Processing]]~~		;Calibration Processing
	:Use Mocap Studio to process the calibration data		:Use Mocap Studio to process the calibration data

	;~~[[#~~Action Capture~~\|Action Capture]]~~		;Action Capture
			:Use Mocap Studio to capture action data (human motion)

			;Action Processing
			:Use Mocap Studio to process data from action capture and the calibration processing output to generate human motion tracking results

	;~~[[#Action Processing\|Action Processing]]~~		;Biomech Export
			:Use Biomech Addon (from within Mocap Studio) to export the human motion tracking results in Matlab (*.mat) format for further analysis

	=== Capture ===		=== Capture ===

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	[[File:ipi_soft_human_motion_capture_workflow.png]]		[[File:ipi_soft_human_motion_capture_workflow.png\|thumb\|High level workflow for human motion data capture and analysis using iPi Soft software]]

	;[[#Preliminary Setup\|Preliminary Setup]]		;[[#Preliminary Setup\|Preliminary Setup]]

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	[[File:~~iPi Human Motion Capture Workflow~~]]		[[File:ipi_soft_human_motion_capture_workflow.png]]

	;[[#Preliminary Setup\|Preliminary Setup]]		;[[#Preliminary Setup\|Preliminary Setup]]

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	;[[#Preliminary Setup]]		[[File:iPi Human Motion Capture Workflow]]

			;[[#Preliminary Setup\|Preliminary Setup]]
	:*Position cameras and hook them up to PCs		:*Position cameras and hook them up to PCs
	:*Configure camera settings in Recorder		:*Configure camera settings in Recorder

	;[[#Calibration Capture]]		;[[#Calibration Capture\|Calibration Capture]]
	:~~Record~~ calibration data (wanding with a light marker)		:Use Recorder to capture calibration data (wanding with a light marker)


	~~;[[#Calibration Processing]]~~


	~~;[[#Action Capture]]~~

			;[[#Calibration Processing\|Calibration Processing]]
			:Use Mocap Studio to process the calibration data

	;[[#Action ~~Processing~~]]		;[[#Action Capture\|Action Capture]]


			;[[#Action Processing\|Action Processing]]

	=== Capture ===		=== Capture ===

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	~~The goals~~ of ~~these exercises are primarily:~~		Commercial software programs produced by [http://www.ipisoft.com/ iPi Soft], enable the use of multiple depth sensors for human motion capture applications. In this article, the use of this software with multiple Microsoft Kinect sensors is evaluated in a tutorial format. Readers who desire to get up-and-running quickly with similar platform may forgo roughly ten hours of time invested in the activities outlined herein.

			== Overview ==

	* Verify functionality of each data collection system in its worst-case usage conditions		The software under evaluation includes,
	* Verify validity of the intermediate results obtained from each data collection system
	* Verify interoperability of the data collection systems during simultaneous usage

			* iPi Recorder - Free capture software
			* iPi Mocap Studio - Commercially licensed motion analysis software (free trials are available)
			* iPi Biomech Addon - Commercially licensed addon for Mocap Studio

	~~== Overview ==~~		The primary utility of this software combination is in the use of Mocap Studio to estimate the pose of a human motion model based upon data from multiple sensors. The Recorder application is necessary to record data in a (proprietary) format that can be used as input to Mocap Studio. Also, since more than one computer may be used to record sensor data simultaneously, the Recorder software is free too be installed on many machines. Finally, the Biomech Addon is not a necessary product for motion capture, but is useful for those who wish to export the results for further analysis in an environment such as Matlab.

	=== Workflow ===		=== Workflow ===

			The high-level workflow for a full-cycle of data collection begins with preliminary setup, involves capturing data and processing for both camera calibration and action (human motion) data, and ends with the export of results to Matlab compatible format. Here's an outline of the general process

			;[[#Preliminary Setup]]
			:*Position cameras and hook them up to PCs
			:*Configure camera settings in Recorder

			;[[#Calibration Capture]]
			:Record calibration data (wanding with a light marker)


			;[[#Calibration Processing]]


			;[[#Action Capture]]


			;[[#Action Processing]]

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	[[Category:~~Academic~~]]		[[Category:Academics]]

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			[[Category:Academic]]

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	#Capture scene		#Capture scene
	##Click start to begin recording (optionally add a delay)		##Click start to begin recording (optionally add a delay)
	##Refer to [[#Calibration ~~Scene~~ Capture \| calibration]] or [[#Action ~~Scene~~ Capture \| action]] procedures below for more details		##Refer to [[#Calibration Capture \| calibration]] or [[#Action Capture \| action]] procedures below for more details
	##Click stop to end recording, then proceed directly with the following step		##Click stop to end recording, then proceed directly with the following step
	#Download and merge slave data manually		#Download and merge slave data manually

Mark at 22:42, 20 November 2015

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