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We describe a posture estimation system based on Organic Computing concepts, which learns a generic body model from video input in a self-governed manner. We show experimentally that the constructed model generalizes well to different attire and persons.
Funding by the DFG (WU 314/5-2, WU 314/5-3) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Walther, T., Würtz, R.P. (2010). Learning Generic Human Body Models. In: Perales, F.J., Fisher, R.B. (eds) Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects. AMDO 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6169. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14061-7_10
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