Open access
Datum
2019-04Typ
- Journal Article
Abstract
We propose a hardware and software pipeline to fabricate flexible wearable sensors and use them to capture deformations without line-of-sight. Our first contribution is a low-cost fabrication pipeline to embed multiple aligned conductive layers with complex geometries into silicone compounds. Overlapping conductive areas from separate layers form local capacitors that measure dense area changes. Contrary to existing fabrication methods, the proposed technique only requires hardware that is readily available in modern fablabs. While area measurements alone are not enough to reconstruct the full 3D deformation of a surface, they become sufficient when paired with a data-driven prior. A novel semi-automatic tracking algorithm, based on an elastic surface geometry deformation, allows us to capture ground-truth data with an optical mocap system, even under heavy occlusions or partially unobservable markers. The resulting dataset is used to train a regressor based on deep neural networks, directly mapping the area readings to global positions of surface vertices. We demonstrate the flexibility and accuracy of the proposed hardware and software in a series of controlled experiments and design a prototype of wearable wrist, elbow, and biceps sensors, which do not require line-of-sight and can be worn below regular clothing. Mehr anzeigen
Persistenter Link
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000344019Publikationsstatus
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Zeitschrift / Serie
ACM Transactions on GraphicsBand
Seiten / Artikelnummer
Verlag
Association for Computing MachineryThema
Deformation capture; stretchable; sensor array; capacitiveOrganisationseinheit
03911 - Sorkine Hornung, Olga / Sorkine Hornung, Olga
03979 - Hilliges, Otmar / Hilliges, Otmar
Förderung
162958 - Deformation and Motion Modeling using Modular, Sensor-based Input Devices (SNF)