Understanding Object Motion of Tools And Vehicles

Zoran Duric, Ehud Rivlin, and Azriel Rosenfeld.
Understanding Object Motion of Tools and Vehicles.
In ICCV, 925-932, 1998

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Abstract

Many types of common objects, such as tools and vehicles, usually move in simple ways when they are wielded or driven: The natural axes of the object tend to remain aligned with the local trihedron defined by the object's trajectory. Based on this observation we use a model called Frenet-Serret motion which corresponds to the motion of a moving trihedron along a space curve. Knowing how the Frenet-Serret frame is changing relative to the observer gives us essential information for understanding the object's motion. This is illustrated here for four examples, involving tools (a wrench and a saw) and vehicles (an accelerating van, a turning taxi).

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@inproceedings{DuricRR98i,
  title = {Understanding Object Motion of Tools and Vehicles.},
  author = {Zoran Duric and Ehud Rivlin and Azriel Rosenfeld},
  year = {1998},
  booktitle = {ICCV},
  pages = {925-932},
  keywords = {Motion planning; Saws; Vehicles},
  abstract = {Many types of common objects, such as tools and vehicles, usually move in simple ways when they are wielded or driven: The natural axes of the object tend to remain aligned with the local trihedron defined by the object's trajectory. Based on this observation we use a model called Frenet-Serret motion which corresponds to the motion of a moving trihedron along a space curve. Knowing how the Frenet-Serret frame is changing relative to the observer gives us essential information for understanding the object's motion. This is illustrated here for four examples, involving tools (a wrench and a saw) and vehicles (an accelerating van, a turning taxi).}
}