INVESTIGATORS

Prof. Horace H. S. Ip, Mr. Sam C. S. Chan
 

Realistic animation of human figures has been the dreams and interests of many animators and researchers in recent years. Potential applications can be found in orthopedic surgery, physical therapy, film composing and education. The high degree of freedom and flexibility of the human hand make it one of the most distinctive part of the human figure. It is interesting and challenging to simulate this distinctive entity.

The aim of this research is to investigate the methods and techniques in human hand simulation and to formulate new approaches to solve some existing problems. Dynamic analysis is utilized to simulate the movement of human fingers. Particular attention would be paid on realistic simulation of the flexibility and subtleties of finger movements.

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1. Horace H S Ip and Sam C S Chan, "Dynamic Simulation of Human Hand Motion Using An Anatomical Correct Hierarchical Approach", Proceedings 1997 IEEE Internation Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp. 1307-1312, October 1997.
2. Sam C S Chan and Horace H S Ip, "Anatomy Based Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of Human Hand for Clinical Rehabilition", Proceedings The 4th Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Medical Informatics Conference, pp.188-195, October 1997.
3. Horace H S Ip Maria Lam, Ken C K Law, C S Chan, “Animation of hand motion from target posture images using an anatomy-based hierarchical model”,Computers & Graphics, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 121-133,February 2001
4. Horace H S Ip and Sam C S Chan, "Scripted-Based Facial Gesture and Speech Animation Using a NURBS Based Face Model", Computer & Graphics, Vol. 20,No. 6, pp.881-891, 1996.