A motion capture realization method for assisting in product design via parametric surfaces

This work proposes a human computer interface system using a motion capture device, for assisting in CAD modeling and designing. The leap motion controller input data serves as an interactive tool which is transformed to surface representation of NURBS surfaces. Acquiring the sensor data is done by analyzing the images using a feature recognition module which in this work was updated and enhanced. Joints of hands and fingers are sufficed, and define recognized 3D image of a human hand. To use relevant information from the Leap Motion device, it is mandatory to interpret and map the input sensor data into 3D software coordinate system. This is done by implementing various transformations and a normalization procedures. Methods corresponding between these representation are developed in this work, to reduce noise thus providing accuracy. The DOF provided by the definition of the NURBS parametric surfaces and the Leap Motion Controller provide flexible design characteristics.