Digital Archiving and Analysis of Dance Motions

我们的长期研究目标是通过利用信息技术分析舞蹈过程中人体的运动，来探讨“舞蹈”对人类的意义。在此研究期间，我们开发了从舞蹈动作中提取特征的信息处理方法，并对舞蹈动作进行比较、分类、检索和评价。此外，我们打算开发一个虚拟舞蹈协作系统，并利用我们的动作数据档案制作有关传统表演艺术的数字内容。通过不同背景的研究人员的合作，我们取得了丰硕的研究成果；信息技术，舞蹈研究者和表演者。在研究期间，我们在动作分割、数据检索、动作识别、日本舞动作分析、舞蹈动作的感性信息处理等方面取得了一些成果。

Our long range research objectives are to investigate what is the significance of "dance" for human beings by analyzing human body motion during dance with information technologies. During this research period we developed information processing methods for extracting features from dance motions, as well as making comparisons, classification, retrieving and evaluation of dance motions. Also, we intend to develop a virtual dance collaboration system, and to make digital contents about traditional performing arts by using our motion data archives. We have obtained fruitful research results by the collaboration among researchers from different background ; information technology, dance researcher, and performers. We have several results during the research period, concerning motion segmentation, data retrieval, recognition of motions, analysis of Nihon-buyo motions, and Kansei information processing of dance motions.