DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS

Masahiro Tada, Masahide Naemura

2006

Abstract

We are conducting research on computer-aided edutainment with a view to creating learning environments where anybody can acquire advanced skills. In this paper, we focus on dance actions as a part of edutainment research and propose a method to evaluate dance skills through motion analysis. Our method consists of wavelet multiresolution analysis and correlation analysis. Firstly, by using wavelet multi- resolution analysis, we decompose complex dance motion data acquired from a motion-capture system into different frequency components. And by applying correlation analysis to the decomposed data, we extract motion features that play a dominant role in evaluating sense of rhythm and harmony of movement of each body part. By comparing the extracted features of amateurs to those of experts, we have achieved a quantitative evaluation method for dance skills. Through experiments, we confirmed that there is a strong correlation amongst extracted motion features and subjective evaluation results of dance skills. Using the proposed method, we have developed a computer-aided edutainment system for dance. By mapping motion-captured dance data and its evaluation results onto the 3-D CG figure, our system enables users to visually know bad points of their dance and acquire more advanced dance skills.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tada M. and Naemura M. (2006). DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, ISBN 972-8865-39-2, pages 243-250. DOI: 10.5220/0001358602430250

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp06,
author={Masahiro Tada and Masahide Naemura},
title={DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,},
year={2006},
pages={243-250},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001358602430250},
isbn={972-8865-39-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,
TI - DANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON MOTION ANALYSIS
SN - 972-8865-39-2
AU - Tada M.
AU - Naemura M.
PY - 2006
SP - 243
EP - 250
DO - 10.5220/0001358602430250