Mobile motion capture cameras
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
InventorDemian Gordon
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Abstract
A system for capturing motion comprises: a motion capture volume configured to include at least one moving object having markers defining a plurality of points on the at least one moving object; at least one mobile motion capture camera, the at least one mobile motion capture camera configured to be moveable within the motion capture volume; and a motion capture processor coupled to the at least one mobile motion capture camera to produce a digital representation of movement of the at least one moving object.
Claims20
A system for capturing motion, comprising:
- a motion capture volume adapted to contain at least one actor having body markers defining plural body points and facial markers defining plural facial points on the at least one actor;
- a plurality of motion cameras arranged around a periphery of said motion capture volume, said plurality of motion cameras is arranged such that substantially all laterally exposed surfaces of the at least one actor while in motion within said motion capture volume are within a field of view of at least one of said plurality of motion cameras at substantially all times;
- at least one movable motion capture camera configured to track facial markers,
- wherein substantially all of the facial markers on the at least one actor are within a field of view of said at least one movable motion capture camera, and
- wherein said at least one movable motion capture camera is configured to be moveable within said motion capture volume;
- a motion capture processor coupled to said at least one movable motion capture camera to produce a digital representation of movement of face of the at least one actor.
A system for capturing facial motion, comprising:
- at least one movable motion capture camera configured to track facial markers;
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- a motion capture processor coupled to said at least one movable motion capture camera to produce a digital representation of movements of a face of the actor;
- wherein a plurality of facial markers defining plural facial points is disposed on the face of the actor,
- wherein said at least one movable motion capture camera is positioned so that each of the plurality of facial markers is within a field of view of said at least one movable motion capture camera, and
- wherein said at least one movable motion capture camera is configured to move with the actor.
A system for capturing combined facial and body motion, comprising:
- a motion capture volume configured to include at least one actor having body markers defining plural points of a body of the at least one actor and facial markers defining plural points of a face of the at least one actor;
- a plurality of body motion cameras arranged around a periphery of said motion capture volume;
- a plurality of facial motion cameras attached to the at least one actor, and moveable within said motion capture volume,
- wherein said plurality of facial motion cameras is arranged such that substantially all laterally exposed surfaces of the face of the at least one actor are within a field of view of at least one of said plurality of facial motion cameras at substantially all times;
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- a motion capture processor coupled to said plurality of body motion cameras and said plurality of facial motion cameras to simultaneously receive motion capture data from said plurality of body motion cameras and said plurality of facial motion cameras, and produce a digital representation representing the combined facial and body motion of the at least one actor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.