Interaction-Based Human Activity Comparison

Yijun Shen, Longzhi Yang, Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2020

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Abstract

Traditional methods for motion comparison consider features from individual characters. However, the semantic meaning of many human activities is usually defined by the interaction between them, such as a high-five interaction of two characters. There is little success in adapting interaction-based features in activity comparison, as they either do not have a fixed topology or are in high dimensional. In this paper, we propose a unified framework for activity comparison from the interaction point of view. Our new metric evaluates the similarity of interaction by adapting the Earth Mover's Distance onto a customized geometric mesh structure that represents spatial-temporal interactions. This allows us to compare different classes of interactions and discover their intrinsic semantic similarity. We created five interaction databases of different natures, covering both two-characters (synthetic and real-people) and character-object interactions, which are open for public uses. We demonstrate how the proposed metric aligns well with the semantic meaning of the interaction. We also apply the metric in interaction retrieval and show how it outperforms existing ones. The proposed method can be used for unsupervised activity detection in monitoring systems and activity retrieval in smart animation systems.


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Yijun Shen, Longzhi Yang, Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum, "Interaction-Based Human Activity Comparison," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 115673-115684, IEEE, 2020.

BibTeX

@article{shen20interaction,
 author={Shen, Yijun and Yang, Longzhi and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Shum, Hubert P. H.},
 journal={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
 series={TVCG '24},
 title={Interaction-Based Human Activity Comparison},
 year={2020},
 volume={26},
 number={8},
 pages={115673--115684},
 numpages={14},
 doi={10.1109/TVCG.2019.2893247},
 publisher={IEEE},
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Shen, Yijun
AU  - Yang, Longzhi
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
T2  - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
TI  - Interaction-Based Human Activity Comparison
PY  - 2020
VL  - 26
IS  - 8
SP  - 115673
EP  - 115684
DO  - 10.1109/TVCG.2019.2893247
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 


Supporting Grants

Northumbria University

Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Ref: ): £65,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2015-2018
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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Interaction-based Human Motion Analysis
EPSRC First Grant Scheme (Ref: EP/M002632/1): £123,819, Principal Investigator ()
Received from The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, 2014-2016
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