Robotic camera control via motion capture
AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsEvan Patrick Atherton, David Thomasson, Maurice Ugo Conti, Heather Kerrick
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Abstract
A motion capture setup records the movements of an operator, and a control engine then translates those movements into control signals for controlling a robot. The control engine may directly translate the operator movements into analogous movements to be performed by the robot, or the control engine may compute robot dynamics that cause a portion of the robot to mimic a corresponding portion of the operator.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for controlling a robot, the method comprising:
- generating motion capture data based on one or more movements of an operator;
- processing the motion capture data to generate control signals for controlling the robot;
- and
- transmitting the control signals to the robot to cause the robot to mimic the one or more movements of the operator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to control a robot by performing the steps of:
- generating motion capture data based on one or more movements of an operator;
- processing the motion capture data to generate control signals for controlling the robot;
- and
- transmitting the control signals to the robot to cause the robot to mimic the one or more movements of the operator.
A system for controlling a robot, comprising:
- a memory storing a control application;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
- generate motion capture data based on one or more movements of an operator,
- process the motion capture data to generate control signals for controlling the robot, and
- transmit the control signals to the robot to cause the robot to mimic the one or more movements of the operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.