Determine intended motions

A method for rendering a visual representation of a gesture, the method comprising:

• receiving image data of a scene, the image data comprising data representative of a user-performed gesture in the physical space, the image data having been captured by a capture device;
• mapping the image data to a model representative of the user;
• applying corrective data to the model to correspond to a desired visual representation of the model;
• mapping the user-performed gesture to the corrected model;
• and
• rendering a visual representation of the corrected model and the gesture mapped to the corrected model on a display device.

A method for modifying data representative of captured motion, the method comprising:

• receiving image data of a scene, wherein the image data includes data representative of captured motion;
• generating a model of the captured motion based on the image data;
• identifying a variation between the captured motion and a gesture filter, wherein the gesture filter comprises information for a gesture;
• applying corrective data to at least a portion of the model to correspond to the gesture;
• identifying the gesture from the corrected model by applying the gesture filter to the corrected model;
• and
• processing an input command invoked by the gesture on a computer system.

A computer-readable storage medium excluding signals for adjusting a joint in a model of a target, bearing computer-readable instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• receiving the image data of a physical space, wherein the image data includes data representative of a target in the physical space;
• generating a skeletal model of the target having at least one joint, wherein the joint position corresponds to a virtual 3-dimensional coordinate system that corresponds to the physical space;
• identifying a deviation of a joint position of the at least one joint in the model from a desired position of said joint in the virtual 3-dimensional coordinate system, wherein the joint position and desired position are compared in reference to a 3-dimensional coordinate system;
• repositioning the joint in a first direction on a Y axis by a dY value if, based on the comparison, a dY is identified between the joint position of the at least one joint in the model and the desired position of said joint in the virtual 3-dimensional coordinate system;
• repositioning the joint in a first direction on a Z axis by a dZ value if, based on the comparison, a dZ is identified between the joint position of the at least one joint in the model and the desired position of said joint in the virtual 3-dimensional coordinate system;
• repositioning the joint in a first direction on a X axis by a dX value if, based on the comparison, a dX is identified between the joint position of the at least one joint in the model and the desired position of said joint in the virtual 3-dimensional coordinate system;
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• rendering a visual representation of the model of the target with at least one repositioned joint.