Zenodo Code Archive: MDPI Sensors Article:

LeapMotion recording, export to BVH and Anybody

• Record Plug in the Leap Motion Controller and make a recording of the right hand
  • Settings
    • Setting "Frames per second" defines the minimum time delta between to recorded frames
    • Checking "Animate" will open the bvh animation after recording, a slider can be used to iterate through the frames
    • Setting the basis
  • BVH Export
    • Setting "Write BVH-File" will export the recorded motion to a BVH file defined in the next setting
    • Choose the filepath and name in "BVH File"
    • Setting "BVH Channels" will export either the channels XRotation, YRotation, ZRotation or also XPosition, YPosition, ZPosition
  • Interpolation Vector
    • Setting "Write interpolation files for AnyBody" will export the files
      • Elbow.any (pronation angle)
      • Finger[1-5].any (angles for all finger joints)
      • FingerLength.any (scaling of the finger lengths based on Leap Motion recording)
      • TimeSeries.any (equally spaced time points between 0 and 1)
      • Wrist.any (abduction and flexion angles for wrist)
    • Choose the template directory, the AnyBody interpolation files are written based on those files
    • Choose the output directory, here the above mentioned files will be saved to
• AnyBody (repository)
  • Source files
    • Choose "exisiting vector files" if interpolation files are already in the project folder /Model/InterpolVec
    • Choose ".bvh file" to convert it to the interpolation files based on the templates in config/anybody_templates/ and copy into the AnyBody project folder /Model/InterpolVec
    • Choose "Source (.any)" to copy all .any files into the AnyBody project folder /Model/InterpolVec
    • Setting "HAND.Main.any" defines the main model file of the AnyBody project, which should be loaded for the analysis
    • Setting "Start Frame" will define the first frame to start with (cut off the frames before that). Leaving this option empty will set the first frame to 1
    • Setting "End Frame" will define the last frame to end with (cut off the frames after that). Leaving this option empty will set the last frame to end
  • Operations
    • Select the operations which should be executed in AnyBody
    • Setting "Time steps" will rewrite alls lines which match nStep = xx; in the main model file. (e.g. nStep = 50;)
  • Results
    • Selecting "plot after the analysis" will open an interactive plot for the results from the AnyBody analysis (joint angles)
    • Setting ".anydata.h5 file" will save the results from the AnyBody anaylsis to the specified file
    • Selecting "Open AnyBody" will open the AnyBody GUI after the analysis and will load the .anydata.h5 to make a replay available
• Converter
  • Convert a given bvh file to the interpolation files used for AnyBody based on the templates in config/anybody_templates
• Animation
  • Open a bvh file to animate it, a slider can be used to iterate through the frames

• AnyBody initial basis -> select for correct movement within AnyBody
• Leap Motion first frame basis -> select for exporting to BVH and use in other applications

Windows

• Install python (3.9.13) i.e. from

  https://www.python.org/downloads/

• Add python to system path during setup or follow the following instructions:

  https://github.com/BurntSushi/nfldb/wiki/Python-&-pip-Windows-installation

• Install dependencies, by running the following in a command prompt:

pip install -r requirements.txt

You might have to use pip3 instead, depending on your setup.

• Start RoSeMotion

python app/main.py

Following python packages and versions were tested:

• Gooey (1.0.8.1)
• AnyPyTools (1.7.8)
• Matplotlib (3.3.3) (only for AnyBody results)
• Numpy (1.19.5)
• Pandas (1.1.5)
• pywin32 (301) (only for window size automation)
• pywinauto (0.6.8) (only for window size automation)
• Scikit-learn (0.23.2) (only for BVH animation)
• wxPython (4.1.2a1.dev5330+3e6be81d)

• https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey
• https://github.com/YPZhou/b3d/
• https://github.com/AnyBody-Research-Group/AnyPyTools
• https://github.com/leapmotion/LeapCxx
• https://github.com/omimo/PyMO