Hi Charlie
We have use Poser to model hand postures (reaching, pointing, grasping etc) for our research on motor imagery
Brady N, Maguinness C, Ní Choisdealbha Á (2011). 'My Hand or Yours? Markedly Different Sensitivity to Egocentric and Allocentric Views in the Hand Laterality Task'. PLoS ONE , 6 (8).
Pictures of the stimuli can be found at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0023316
I am not sure how good the software would be at modelling the types of postures your colleague is interested in. An alternative would be to enact the exact postures and use motion tracking to code the positions of the wrist, finger tips and finger joints – we have played about with hand recordings using a CODA 3-D Motion Analysis System (Charnwood Dynamics, Leicestershire.) – I am sure they or some similar company would have texture wrapping software ....
Nuala
> Dear All. I have had an email (below) from a senior police officer from Cumbria who is interested in 3D modelling of hands. Does anyone have any experience of this, or know of anyone who has? Feel free to contact Richard directly. I think this application is for a court case. Regards, Charlie. From: San Jose, Richard [Richard.SanJose@cumbria.police.uk] > Sent: 27 March 2012 13:50 > To: Charlie Frowd > Subject: Hands > > Charlie > > Are you aware or do any of your colleagues have knowledge of any research and or applications that we can use within policing to demonstrate position of a persons ‘hands’ on say a persons neck or bottle etc and also the ability to manipulate the fingers to show different positions etc? > > > Richard San José 8808 > Scientific Support Manager > CID > > T: 01768 217350 > M: 07970 122834 > E: Richard.SanJose@cumbria.police.uk > > Find us on… > Facebook: www.facebook.com/cumbriapolice > > Police Headquarters, Carleton Hall, Penrith, Cumbria. CA10 2AU. > ______________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________________ > > This email, its content and any file transmitted with it, may be confidential/legally privileged, and are for the intended recipient only. It may contain information protected by law. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or other processing of this information may be unlawful and may be a criminal offence. If you have received this email in error please advise Cumbria Constabulary on 101 or via email return, and delete this email and any attachments immediately. Any opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Cumbria Constabulary. > _______________________________________________________ > P Please, consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail ask yourself: "Do I need a hard copy?" > |