Animating a Human Body Mesh with Maya for Doppler Signature Computer Modeling

Abstract

The Maya software package has been used by researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to create human body motion animation for the purpose of simulating the radar signature of a moving human target. This report describes how to use Maya's powerful graphics user interface (GUI) in order to create realistic frame-by-frame animation of a human mesh in walking motion. The examples presented here also include a human equipped with a rifle. These scenarios are an important part of the ARL modeling efforts in predicting the performance of radar technology for human target detection, tracking, and classification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA500578

Entities

People

  • Getachew Kirose

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Doppler Radar
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Graphics
  • Hierarchies
  • Human Body
  • Military Research
  • Personal Computers
  • Radar
  • Radar Signatures
  • Target Detection
  • Three Dimensional
  • User Interface

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