Motion Comparison Method Combining Segmented Multi-Joint Line Graphs with the SIFT Matching Technique

In this paper, an effective motion comparison method based on segmented multi-joint line graphs combined with the SIFT feature matching method is proposed. Firstly, the multi-joint 3D motion data are captured using the Kinect. Secondly, 3D motion data are normalized and distortion data are removed. Therefore, a 2D line graph can be obtained. Next, SIFT features of the 2D motion line graph are extracted. Finally, the line graphs are divided into several regions and then the comparison results can be calculated based on SIFT matching ratios between the tutor’s local line graph and the trainee’s local line graph. The experimental results show that the proposed method not only can easily deal with the several challenge problems in motion analysis, e.g., the problem of different rhythm of motions, the problem of a large amount of data, but also can provide detailed error correction cues.