Research Catalog

Title

Simulating humans : computer graphics animation and control / Norman I. Badler, Cary B. Phillips, Bonnie Lynn Webber.

Author

Badler, Norman I.

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Phillips, Cary B.
• Webber, Bonnie Lynn.

Description

xiii, 270 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"During the past decade, high-performance computer graphics have found application in an exciting and expanding range of new domains. Among the most dramatic developments has been the incorporation of real-time interactive manipulation and display for human figures. Though actively pursued by several research groups, the problem of providing a synthetic or surrogate human for engineers and designers already familiar with computer-aided design techniques was most comprehensively solved by Norman Badler's Computer Graphics Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. The breadth of that effort as well as the details of its methodology and software environment are presented in this volume." "The book is intended for human factors engineers interested in understanding how a computer-graphics surrogate human can augment their analyses of designed environments. It will also inform design engineers of the state of the art in human figure modeling, and hence of the human-centered design central to the emergent concept of concurrent engineering. In fulfilling these goals, the book additionally documents for the entire computer graphics community a major research effort in the interactive control of articulated human figures."--Jacket.

Subject

• Human engineering
• Virtual reality
• Human body > Computer simulation
• Human mechanics > Computer simulation
• Ergonomics
• Virtual Reality
• ergonomics
• virtual reality
• Human body > Computer simulation
• Human engineering
• Human mechanics > Computer simulation
• Virtual reality
• Anthropotechnik
• Virtuelle Realität
• Ergonomie
• Réalité virtuelle
• Corps humain > Simulation par ordinateur
• Mécanique humaine > Simulation par ordinateur

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction and Historical Background -- 1.1. Why Make Human Figure Models? -- 1.2. Historical Roots -- 1.3. What is Currently Possible? -- 1.4. Manipulation, Animation, and Simulation -- 1.5. What Did We Leave Out? -- 2. Body Modeling -- 2.1. Geometric Body Modeling -- 2.2. Representing Articulated Figures -- 2.3. A Flexible Torso Model -- 2.4. Shoulder Complex -- 2.5. Clothing Models -- 2.6. The Anthropometry Database -- 2.7. The Anthropometry Spreadsheet -- 2.8. Strength and Torque Display -- 3. Spatial Interaction -- 3.1. Direct Manipulation -- 3.2. Manipulation with Constraints -- 3.3. Inverse Kinematic Positioning -- 3.4. Reachable Spaces -- 4. Behavioral Control -- 4.1. An Interactive System for Postural Control -- 4.2. Interactive Manipulation with Behaviors -- 4.3. The Animation Interface -- 4.4. Human Figure Motions -- 4.5. Virtual Human Control -- 5. Simulation with Societies of Behaviors -- 5.1. Forward Simulation with Behaviors -- 5.2. Locomotion -- 5.3. Strength Guided Motion -- 5.4. Collision-Free Path and Motion Planning -- 5.5. Posture Planning -- 6. Task-Level Specifications -- 6.1. Performing Simple Commands -- 6.2. Language Terms for Motion and Space -- 6.3. Task-Level Simulation -- 6.4. A Model for Instruction Understanding -- 7. Epilogue -- 7.1. A Roadmap Toward the Future.

ISBN

• 0195073592
• 9780195073591

LCCN

93012061

OCLC

• ocm27339514
• 27339514
• SCSB-1993379

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library