Glove puppet manipulating system

A glove puppet manipulating system comprising:

• a data glove comprising:
• a glove having a plurality of finger cots to be wearable on human fingers, each finger cot having two parts to be wearable on two adjacent joints of the respective finger, wherein the finger cots are shaped to be wearable on a thumb, an index finger, and a middle finger;
• at most five angle-measuring sensors disposed on the finger cots for detecting bending angles of the finger cots, wherein the angle-measuring sensors are disposed separately on the two parts of the finger cot for the thumb, the two parts of the finger cot for the middle finger, and one of the two parts of the finger cot for the index finger;
• a rotating sensor disposed on the glove for detecting a rotating angle of the glove;
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• a signal conditioning electrically connected to the angle-measuring sensors and the rotating sensor, the signal conditioning is operable to convert the bending angles into a head control signal, a plurality of left hand control signals, and a plurality of right hand control signals, and convert the rotating angle into a waist twisting control signal;
• a glove puppet;
• and
• a robot for being installed inside the glove puppet, the robot electrically connected to the control module and comprising:
• a foundation;
• a body manipulating apparatus disposed on the foundation for connecting to a body of the glove puppet, the body manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the body of the glove puppet to rotate relative to the foundation according to the waist twisting control signal;
• a left hand manipulating apparatus disposed on the body manipulating apparatus for connecting to a left hand of the glove puppet, the left hand manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the left hand to rotate relative to the body according to the left hand control signals;
• a right hand manipulating apparatus disposed on the body manipulating apparatus for connecting to a right hand of the glove puppet, the right hand manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the right hand to rotate relative to the body according to the right hand control signals;
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• a head manipulating apparatus interposed between the right hand manipulating apparatus and the left hand manipulating apparatus on the body manipulating apparatus, for connecting to a head of the glove puppet, the head manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the head to nod according to the head control signal.

A glove puppet manipulating system comprising:

• a motion capture module comprising:
• a camera operable to capture a plurality of images of a first glove puppet manipulated by a human hand;
• a location detecting module operable to detect distances between a head and hands of the first puppet of each image;
• a mean-shift tracking module operable to calculate a movement of each finger of the human hand according to the distances between a head and hands of the first puppet, wherein the mean-shift tracking module calculates the movement of a thumb, an index finger, and a middle finger;
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• an inverse kinematic module operable to generate a plurality of control signals according to the movement of each finger;
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• a robot for being installed inside a second glove puppet, the robot electrically connecting the motion capture module and comprising:
• a foundation;
• a body manipulating apparatus disposed on the foundation for connecting to a body of the second glove puppet, the body manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the body of the second glove puppet to rotate relative to the foundation according to the control signals;
• a left hand manipulating apparatus disposed on the body manipulating apparatus for connecting to a left hand of the second glove puppet, the left hand being operable to manipulate the left hand to rotate relative to the body according to the control signals;
• a right hand manipulating apparatus disposed on the body manipulating apparatus for connecting to a right hand of the second glove puppet, the right hand manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the right hand to rotate relative to the body according to the control signals;
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• a head manipulating apparatus interposed between the right hand manipulating apparatus and the left hand manipulating apparatus on the body manipulating apparatus, for connecting to a head of the second glove puppet, the head manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the head to nod according to the control signal.