Motion capture glove

A motion capture system comprising:

• a motion capture glove comprising:
• a glove configured to at least partially cover a hand of a user;
• and
• a set of magnetic sensor systems attached to the glove, wherein a first magnetic sensor system of the set of magnetic sensor systems generates a first signal based at least in part on a location of a first corresponding magnet, the first signal indicative of a configuration of a first portion of the hand of the user;
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• a motion capture glove processor configured to receive the first signal generated by the first magnetic sensor system and to determine the configuration of the first portion of the hand of the user based at least in part on the first signal and one or more hand configuration tables that map the first signal to the configuration of the first portion of the hand, wherein the motion capture glove processor is further configured to generate a hand configuration table of the one or more hand configuration tables by at least:
• determining a first electrical signal of the first magnetic sensor system when the hand is in a first position;
• determining a second electrical signal of the first magnetic sensor system when the hand is in a second position;
• performing an interpolation process based at least in part on the first electrical signal determined when the hand is in the first position and the second electrical signal determined when the hand is in the second position to determine a plurality of electrical signals corresponding to a plurality of hand configurations between the first position and the second position;
• and
• generating the hand configuration table based at least in part on a result of the interpolation process.

A computer-implemented motion capture method, the method comprising:

• receiving an electrical signal from a magnetic sensor system of a motion capture glove;
• determining a hand configuration table corresponding to the magnetic sensor;
• determining from the hand configuration table at least a partial position of a digit of a hand wearing the motion capture glove based at least in part on the electrical signal;
• accessing a global time code;
• associating the global time code with the partial position of the digit of the hand;
• and
• generating a motion capture video clip based at least in part on the partial position of the digit of the hand and the global time code, wherein the hand configuration table is generated by a calibration process, the calibration process comprising:
• determining a first electrical signal of the magnetic sensor system when the hand is in a first position corresponding to a completely open hand;
• determining a second electrical signal of the magnetic sensor system when the hand is in a second position corresponding to a closed fist;
• performing an interpolation process based at least in part on the first electrical signal determined when the hand is in the first position and the second electrical signal determined when the hand is in the second position to determine a plurality of electrical signals corresponding to a plurality of hand configurations between the completely open hand and the closed fist;
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• generating the hand configuration table based at least in part on a result of the interpolation process.