News: Version 0.4 released:
Calibration used to be the main stumbling block for users: it should be easier and better now!
To upgrade, typepip install pose2sim --upgrade
. You will need to update your User\Config.toml file.
N.B.: As always, I am more than happy to welcome contributors (see How to contribute).
Pose2Sim
provides a workflow for 3D markerless kinematics, as an alternative to the more usual marker-based motion capture methods.
Pose2Sim stands for "OpenPose to OpenSim", as it uses OpenPose inputs (2D keypoints coordinates obtained from multiple videos) and leads to an OpenSim result (full-body 3D joint angles). Other 2D solutions can alternatively be used as inputs.
If you can only use one single camera and don't mind losing some accuracy, please consider using Sports2D.
- Installation and Demonstration
- Use on your own data
- Utilities
- How to cite and how to contribute
-
Install OpenPose (instructions there).
Windows portable demo is enough. -
Install OpenSim 4.x (there).
Tested up to v4.4-beta on Windows. Has to be compiled from source on Linux (see there). -
Optional. Install Anaconda or Miniconda.
Open an Anaconda terminal and create a virtual environment with typing:conda create -n Pose2Sim python=3.8 -y conda activate Pose2Sim
-
Install Pose2Sim:
If you don't use Anaconda, typepython -V
in terminal to make sure python>=3.6 is installed.-
OPTION 1: Quick install: Open a terminal.
pip install pose2sim
-
OPTION 2: Build from source and test the last changes: Open a terminal in the directory of your choice and Clone the Pose2Sim repository.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/perfanalytics/pose2sim.git cd pose2sim pip install .
-
This demonstration provides an example experiment of a person balancing on a beam, filmed with 4 calibrated cameras processed with OpenPose.
Open a terminal, enter pip show pose2sim
, report package location.
Copy this path and go to the Demo folder with cd <path>\pose2sim\Demo
.
Type ipython
, and test the following code:
from Pose2Sim import Pose2Sim
Pose2Sim.calibration()
Pose2Sim.personAssociation()
Pose2Sim.triangulation()
Pose2Sim.filtering()
You should obtain a plot of all the 3D coordinates trajectories. You can check the logs inDemo\Users\logs.txt
.
Results are stored as .trc files in the Demo/pose-3d
directory.
N.B.: Default parameters have been provided in Demo\User\Config.toml but can be edited.
N.B.: Try calibration tool by changing calibration_type
to calculate
instead of convert
(more info there).
In the same vein as you would do with marker-based kinematics, start with scaling your model, and then perform inverse kinematics.
- Open OpenSim.
- Open the provided
Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim
model frompose2sim/Demo/opensim
. (File -> Open Model) - Load the provided
Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml
scaling file frompose2sim/Demo/opensim
. (Tools -> Scale model -> Load) - Run. You should see your skeletal model take the static pose.
- Load the provided
IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml
scaling file frompose2sim/Demo/opensim
. (Tools -> Inverse kinematics -> Load) - Run. You should see your skeletal model move in the Vizualizer window.
Deeper explanations and instructions are given below.
Get ready.
-
Find your
Pose2Sim\Empty_project
, copy-paste it where you like and give it the name of your choice. -
Edit the User\Config.toml file as needed, especially regarding the path to your project.
-
Populate the
raw-2d
folder with your videos.Project │ ├──opensim │ ├──Geometry │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim │ ├──Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ └──IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ ├── raw │ ├──vid_cam1.mp4 (or other extension) │ ├──... │ └──vid_camN.mp4 │ └──User └──Config.toml
Estimate 2D pose from images with Openpose or another pose estimation solution.
N.B.: First film a short static pose that will be used for scaling the OpenSim model (A-pose for example), and then film your motions of interest.
N.B.: Note that the names of your camera folders must follow the same order as in the calibration file, and end with '_json'.
The accuracy and robustness of Pose2Sim have been thoroughly assessed only with OpenPose, and especially with the BODY_25B model. Consequently, we recommend using this 2D pose estimation solution. See OpenPose repository for installation and running.
- Open a command prompt in your OpenPose directory.
Launch OpenPose for each raw image folder:bin\OpenPoseDemo.exe --model_pose BODY_25B --video <PATH_TO_PROJECT_DIR>\raw-2d\vid_cam1.mp4 --write_json <PATH_TO_PROJECT_DIR>\pose-2d\pose_cam1_json
- The BODY_25B model has more accurate results than the standard BODY_25 one and has been extensively tested for Pose2Sim.
You can also use the BODY_135 model, which allows for the evaluation of pronation/supination, wrist flexion, and wrist deviation.
All other OpenPose models (BODY_25, COCO, MPII) are also supported.
Make sure you modify the User\Config.toml file accordingly. - Use one of the
json_display_with_img.py
orjson_display_with_img.py
scripts (see Utilities) if you want to display 2D pose detections.
N.B.: OpenPose BODY_25B is the default 2D pose estimation model used in Pose2Sim. However, other skeleton models from other 2D pose estimation solutions can be used alternatively.
- You will first need to convert your 2D detection files to the OpenPose format (see Utilities).
- Then, change the pose_model
in the User\Config.toml file. You may also need to choose a different tracked_keypoint
if the Neck is not detected by the chosen model.
- Finally, use the corresponding OpenSim model and setup files, which are provided in the Empty_project\opensim
folder.
Available models are:
- OpenPose BODY_25B, BODY_25, BODY_135, COCO, MPII
- Mediapipe BLAZEPOSE
- DEEPLABCUT
- AlphaPose HALPE_26, HALPE_68, HALPE_136, COCO_133, COCO, MPII
Mediapipe BlazePose is very fast, fully runs under Python, handles upside-down postures and wrist movements (but no subtalar ankle angles).
However, it is less robust and accurate than OpenPose, and can only detect a single person.
- Use the script
Blazepose_runsave.py
(see Utilities) to run BlazePose under Python, and store the detected coordinates in OpenPose (json) or DeepLabCut (h5 or csv) format:Type inpython -m Blazepose_runsave -i r"<input_file>" -dJs
python -m Blazepose_runsave -h
for explanation on parameters and for additional ones. - Make sure you change the
pose_model
and thetracked_keypoint
in the User\Config.toml file.
If you need to detect specific points on a human being, an animal, or an object, you can also train your own model with DeepLabCut.
- Train your DeepLabCut model and run it on your images or videos (more instruction on their repository)
- Translate the h5 2D coordinates to json files (with
DLC_to_OpenPose.py
script, see Utilities):python -m DLC_to_OpenPose -i r"<input_h5_file>"
- Report the model keypoints in the skeleton.py file, and make sure you change the
pose_model
and thetracked_keypoint
in the User\Config.toml file. - Create an OpenSim model if you need 3D joint angles.
AlphaPose is one of the main competitors of OpenPose, and its accuracy is comparable. As a top-down approach (unlike OpenPose which is bottom-up), it is faster on single-person detection, but slower on multi-person detection.
- Install and run AlphaPose on your videos (more instruction on their repository)
- Translate the AlphaPose single json file to OpenPose frame-by-frame files (with
AlphaPose_to_OpenPose.py
script, see Utilities):python -m AlphaPose_to_OpenPose -i r"<input_alphapose_json_file>"
- Make sure you change the
pose_model
and thetracked_keypoint
in the User\Config.toml file.
N.B.: Markers are not needed in Pose2Sim and were used here for validation
The project hierarchy becomes: (CLICK TO SHOW)
Project │ ├──opensim │ ├──Geometry │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim │ ├──Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ └──IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ ├──pose-2d │ ├──pose_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──pose_camN_json │ ├── raw-2d │ ├──vid_cam1.mp4 │ ├──... │ └──vid_camN.mp4 │ └──User └──Config.toml
Convert a preexisting calibration file, or calculate intrinsic and extrinsic parameters from scratch.
N.B.: You can visualize camera calibration in 3D with my (experimental) Maya-Mocap tool.
If you already have a calibration file, set calibration_type
type to convert
in your User\Config.toml file.
- From Qualisys:
- Export calibration to
.qca.txt
within QTM - Copy it in the
calibration
Pose2Sim folder - set
convert_from
to 'qualisys' in your User\Config.toml file. Changebinning_factor
to 2 if you film in 540p
- Export calibration to
- From Optitrack: Exporting calibration will be available in Motive 3.2. In the meantime:
- Calculate intrinsics with a board (see next section)
- Use their C API to retrieve extrinsic properties. Translation can be copied as is in your
Calib.toml
file, but TT_CameraOrientationMatrix first needs to be converted to a Rodrigues vector with OpenCV. See instructions here
- From Vicon:
- Copy your
.xcp
Vicon calibration file to the Pose2Simcalibration
folder - set
convert_from
to 'vicon' in your User\Config.toml file. No other setting is needed.
- Copy your
Calculate calibration parameters with a board, or with points (such as detected on a wand or a human body).
-
With a board:
N.B.: Try the calibration tool on the Demo by changing
calibration_type
tocalculate
in User\Config.toml.
For the sake of practicality, there are voluntarily few board images for intrinsic calibration, and few points to click for extrinsic calibration. In spite of this, your reprojection error should be under 1-2 cm, which does not hinder the quality of kinematic results in practice.).-
Calculate intrinsic parameters:
N.B.: Intrinsic parameters: camera properties (focal length, optical center, distortion), usually need to be calculated only once in their lifetime. In theory, cameras with same model and same settings will have identical intrinsic parameters.
N.B.: If you already calculated intrinsic parameters earlier, you can skip this step. Copy your intrinsic parameters (size
,mat
, anddist
) in a newCalib*.toml
file, and setoverwrite_intrinsics
to false. Run Demo to obtain an exampleCalib.toml
file.- Create a folder for each camera in your
calibration\intrinsics
folder. - For each camera, film a checkerboard or a charucoboard. Either the board or the camera can be moved.
- Adjust parameters in the User\Config.toml file.
- Make sure that the board:
is filmed from different angles, covers a large part of the video frame, and is in focus.
is flat, without reflections, surrounded by a white border, and is not rotationally invariant (Nrows ≠ Ncols, and Nrows odd if Ncols even).
- Create a folder for each camera in your
-
Calculate extrinsic parameters:
N.B.: Extrinsic parameters: camera placement in space (position and orientation), need to be calculated every time a camera is moved. Can be calculated from a board, or from points in the scene with known coordinates.
- Create a folder for each camera in your
calibration\extrinsics
folder. - Once your cameras are in place, shortly film either a board laid on the floor, or the raw scene
(only one frame is needed, but do not just take a photo unless you are sure it does not change the image format). - Adjust parameters in the User\Config.toml file.
- Then,
- If you film a board:
Make sure that it is seen by all cameras.
It should preferably be larger than the one used for intrinsics, as results will not be very accurate out of the covered zone. - If you film the raw scene (more flexible and potentially more accurate if points are spread out):
Manually measure the 3D coordinates of 10 or more points in the scene (tiles, lines on wall, boxes, treadmill dimensions, etc). These points should be as spread out as possible.
Then you will click on the corresponding image points for each view.
- If you film a board:
- Create a folder for each camera in your
-
-
With points:
- Points can be detected from a wand.
Want to contribute? - For a more automatic calibration, OpenPose keypoints could also be used for calibration.
Want to contribute?
- Points can be detected from a wand.
Open an Anaconda prompt or a terminal, type ipython
.
By default, calibration()
will look for Config.toml
in the User
folder of your current directory. If you want to store it somewhere else (e.g. in your data directory), specify this path as an argument: Pose2Sim.calibration(r'path_to_config.toml')
.
from Pose2Sim import Pose2Sim
Pose2Sim.calibration()
The project hierarchy becomes: (CLICK TO SHOW)
Project │ ├──calibration │ ├──intrinsics │ │ ├──int_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──int_camN_img │ ├──extrinsics │ │ ├──ext_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──ext_camN_img │ └──Calib.toml │ ├──opensim │ ├──Geometry │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim │ ├──Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ └──IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ ├──pose-2d │ ├──pose_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──pose_camN_json │ ├── raw-2d │ ├──vid_cam1.mp4 │ ├──... │ └──vid_camN.mp4 │ └──User └──Config.toml
Cameras need to be synchronized, so that 2D points correspond to the same position across cameras.
N.B.: Skip this step if your cameras are already synchronized.
If your cameras are not natively synchronized, you can use this script.
Alternatively, use a clap, a flash, or a beep noise to synchronize them.
Track the person viewed by the most cameras, in case of several detections by OpenPose.
N.B.: Skip this step if only one person is in the field of view.
Want to contribute? Allow for multiple person analysis.
Open an Anaconda prompt or a terminal, type ipython
.
By default, personAssociation()
will look for Config.toml
in the User
folder of your current directory. If you want to store it somewhere else (e.g. in your data directory), specify this path as an argument: Pose2Sim.personAssociation(r'path_to_config.toml')
.
from Pose2Sim import Pose2Sim
Pose2Sim.personAssociation()
Check printed output. If results are not satisfying, try and release the constraints in the User\Config.toml file.
The project hierarchy becomes: (CLICK TO SHOW)
Project │ ├──calibration │ ├──intrinsics │ │ ├──int_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──int_camN_img │ ├──extrinsics │ │ ├──ext_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──ext_camN_img │ └──Calib.toml │ ├──opensim │ ├──Geometry │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim │ ├──Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ └──IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ ├──pose-2d │ ├──pose_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──pose_camN_json │ ├──pose-2d-tracked │ ├──tracked_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──tracked_camN_json │ ├── raw-2d │ ├──vid_cam1.mp4 │ ├──... │ └──vid_camN.mp4 │ └──User └──Config.toml
Triangulate your 2D coordinates in a robust way.
N.B.: You can visualize your resulting 3D coordinates with my (experimental) Maya-Mocap tool.
Open an Anaconda prompt or a terminal, type ipython
.
By default, triangulation()
will look for Config.toml
in the User
folder of your current directory. If you want to store it somewhere else (e.g. in your data directory), specify this path as an argument: Pose2Sim.triangulation(r'path_to_config.toml')
.
from Pose2Sim import Pose2Sim
Pose2Sim.triangulation()
Check printed output, and vizualise your trc in OpenSim: File -> Preview experimental data
.
If your triangulation is not satisfying, try and release the constraints in the Config.toml
file.
The project hierarchy becomes: (CLICK TO SHOW)
Project │ ├──calibration │ ├──intrinsics │ │ ├──int_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──int_camN_img │ ├──extrinsics │ │ ├──ext_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──ext_camN_img │ └──Calib.toml │ ├──opensim │ ├──Geometry │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim │ ├──Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ └──IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ ├──pose-2d │ ├──pose_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──pose_camN_json │ ├──pose-2d-tracked │ ├──tracked_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──tracked_camN_json │ ├──pose-3d └──Pose-3d.trc> │ ├── raw-2d │ ├──vid_cam1.mp4 │ ├──... │ └──vid_camN.mp4 │ └──User └──Config.toml
Filter your 3D coordinates.
N.B.: You can visualize your resulting filtered 3D coordinates with my (experimental) Maya-Mocap tool.
Open an Anaconda prompt or a terminal, type ipython
.
By default, filtering()
will look for Config.toml
in the User
folder of your current directory. If you want to store it somewhere else (e.g. in your data directory), specify this path as an argument: Pose2Sim.filtering(r'path_to_config.toml')
.
from Pose2Sim import Pose2Sim
Pose2Sim.filtering()
Check your filtration with the displayed figures, and vizualise your trc in OpenSim. If your filtering is not satisfying, try and change the parameters in the Config.toml
file.
The project hierarchy becomes: (CLICK TO SHOW)
Project │ ├──calibration │ ├──intrinsics │ │ ├──int_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──int_camN_img │ ├──extrinsics │ │ ├──ext_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──ext_camN_img │ └──Calib.toml │ ├──opensim │ ├──Geometry │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim │ ├──Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ └──IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ ├──pose-2d │ ├──pose_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──pose_camN_json │ ├──pose-2d-tracked │ ├──tracked_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──tracked_camN_json │ ├──pose-3d │ ├──Pose-3d.trc │ └──Pose-3d-filtered.trc │ ├── raw-2d │ ├──vid_cam1.mp4 │ ├──... │ └──vid_camN.mp4 │ └──User └──Config.toml
Obtain 3D joint angles.
- Use the previous steps to capture a static pose, typically an A-pose or a T-pose.
- Open OpenSim.
- Open the provided
Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim
model frompose2sim/Empty_project/opensim
. (File -> Open Model) - Load the provided
Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml
scaling file frompose2sim/Empty_project/opensim
. (Tools -> Scale model -> Load) - Replace the example static .trc file with your own data.
- Run
- Save the new scaled OpenSim model.
- Use Pose2Sim to generate 3D trajectories.
- Open OpenSim.
- Load the provided
IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml
scaling file frompose2sim/Empty_project/opensim
. (Tools -> Inverse kinematics -> Load) - Replace the example .trc file with your own data, and specify the path to your angle kinematics output file.
- Run
- Motion results will appear as .mot file in the
pose2sim/Empty_project/opensim
directory (automatically saved).
Alternatively, you can use command-line tools:
-
Open an Anaconda terminal in your OpenSim/bin directory, typically
C:\OpenSim <Version>\bin
.
You'll need to adjust thetime_range
,output_motion_file
, and enter the full paths to the input and output.osim
,.trc
, and.mot
files in your setup file.opensim-cmd run-tool <PATH TO YOUR SCALING OR IK SETUP FILE>.xml
-
You can also run OpenSim directly in Python:
import subprocess subprocess.call(["opensim-cmd", "run-tool", r"<PATH TO YOUR SCALING OR IK SETUP FILE>.xml"])
-
Or take advantage of the full the OpenSim Python API. See there for installation instructions (conda install may take a while).
Make sure to replace38
inpy38np120
with your Python version (3.8 in this case).conda install -c opensim-org opensim-moco=4.4=py38np120 -y
If you run into a DLL error while importing opensim, open the file
<Pose2Sim-env>\Lib\opensim\__init__.py
and replaceconda
byconda-meta
line 4.<Pose2Sim-env>
location can be found withconda env list
.
Then run:ipython import opensim opensim.ScaleTool("<PATH TO YOUR SCALING OR IK SETUP FILE>.xml").run() opensim.InverseKinematicsTool("<PATH TO YOUR SCALING OR IK SETUP FILE>.xml").run()
You can also run other API commands. See there for more instructions on how to use it.
The project hierarchy becomes: (CLICK TO SHOW)
Project │ ├──calibration │ ├──intrinsics │ │ ├──int_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──int_camN_img │ ├──extrinsics │ │ ├──ext_cam1_img │ │ ├──... │ │ └──ext_camN_img │ └──Calib.toml │ ├──opensim │ ├──Geometry │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b.osim │ ├──Scaling_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ ├──Model_Pose2Sim_Body25b_Scaled.osim │ ├──IK_Setup_Pose2Sim_Body25b.xml │ └──IK_result.mot │ ├──pose │ ├──pose_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──pose_camN_json │ ├──pose-associated │ ├──tracked_cam1_json │ ├──... │ └──tracked_camN_json │ ├──triangulation │ ├──triangulation.trc │ └──triangulation-filtered.trc │ ├── raw │ ├──vid_cam1.mp4 │ ├──... │ └──vid_camN.mp4 │ └──User └──Config.toml
A list of standalone tools (see Utilities), which can be either run as scripts, or imported as functions. Check usage in the docstrings of each Python file. The figure below shows how some of these toolscan be used to further extend Pose2Sim usage.
Converting files and Calibrating (CLICK TO SHOW)
Blazepose_runsave.py Runs BlazePose on a video, and saves coordinates in OpenPose (json) or DeepLabCut (h5 or csv) format.
DLC_to_OpenPose.py Converts a DeepLabCut (h5) 2D pose estimation file into OpenPose (json) files.
AlphaPose_to_OpenPose.py Converts AlphaPose single json file to OpenPose frame-by-frame files.
c3d_to_trc.py Converts 3D point data of a .c3d file to a .trc file compatible with OpenSim. No analog data (force plates, emg) nor computed data (angles, powers, etc) are retrieved.
calib_from_checkerboard.py Calibrates cameras with images or a video of a checkerboard, saves calibration in a Pose2Sim .toml calibration file. You should probably use Pose2Sim.calibration() instead, which is much easier and better.
calib_qca_to_toml.py Converts a Qualisys .qca.txt calibration file to the Pose2Sim .toml calibration file (similar to what is used in AniPose).
calib_toml_to_qca.py Converts a Pose2Sim .toml calibration file (e.g., from a checkerboard) to a Qualisys .qca.txt calibration file.
calib_yml_to_toml.py Converts OpenCV intrinsic and extrinsic .yml calibration files to an OpenCV .toml calibration file.
calib_toml_to_yml.py Converts an OpenCV .toml calibration file to OpenCV intrinsic and extrinsic .yml calibration files.
Plotting tools (CLICK TO SHOW)
json_display_with_img.py Overlays 2D detected json coordinates on original raw images. High confidence keypoints are green, low confidence ones are red.
json_display_without_img.py Plots an animation of 2D detected json coordinates.
trc_plot.py Displays X, Y, Z coordinates of each 3D keypoint of a TRC file in a different matplotlib tab.
Other trc tools (CLICK TO SHOW)
trc_desample.py Undersamples a trc file.
trc_Zup_to_Yup.py Changes Z-up system coordinates to Y-up system coordinates.
trc_filter.py Filters trc files. Available filters: Butterworth, Butterworth on speed, Gaussian, LOESS, Median.
trc_gaitevents.py Detects gait events from point coordinates according to Zeni et al. (2008).
trc_combine.py Combine two trc files, for example a triangulated DeepLabCut trc file and a triangulated OpenPose trc file.
If you use this code or data, please cite Pagnon et al., 2022b, Pagnon et al., 2022a, or Pagnon et al., 2021.
@Article{Pagnon_2022_JOSS,
AUTHOR = {Pagnon, David and Domalain, Mathieu and Reveret, Lionel},
TITLE = {Pose2Sim: An open-source Python package for multiview markerless kinematics},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Open Source Software},
YEAR = {2022},
DOI = {10.21105/joss.04362},
URL = {https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.04362}
}
@Article{Pagnon_2022_Accuracy,
AUTHOR = {Pagnon, David and Domalain, Mathieu and Reveret, Lionel},
TITLE = {Pose2Sim: An End-to-End Workflow for 3D Markerless Sports Kinematics—Part 2: Accuracy},
JOURNAL = {Sensors},
YEAR = {2022},
DOI = {10.3390/s22072712},
URL = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/7/2712}
}
@Article{Pagnon_2021_Robustness,
AUTHOR = {Pagnon, David and Domalain, Mathieu and Reveret, Lionel},
TITLE = {Pose2Sim: An End-to-End Workflow for 3D Markerless Sports Kinematics—Part 1: Robustness},
JOURNAL = {Sensors},
YEAR = {2021},
DOI = {10.3390/s21196530},
URL = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/19/6530}
}
I would happily welcome any proposal for new features, code improvement, and more!
If you want to contribute to Pose2Sim, please follow this guide on how to fork, modify and push code, and submit a pull request. I would appreciate it if you provided as much useful information as possible about how you modified the code, and a rationale for why you're making this pull request. Please also specify on which operating system and on which Python version you have tested the code.
- Supervised my PhD: @lreveret (INRIA, Université Grenoble Alpes), and @mdomalai (Université de Poitiers).
- Provided the Demo data: @aaiaueil from Université Gustave Eiffel.
- Tested the code and provided feedback: @simonozan
- Provided a code snippet for Optitrack calibration: @claraaudap (Université Bretagne Sud).
- Issued MPP2SOS, a (non-free) Blender extension based on Pose2Sim: @carlosedubarreto
Here is a to-do list, for general guidance purposes only:
The main projects are (see details below):
- Graphical User Interface
- Multiple person triangulation
- Synchronization
- Self-calibration based on keypoint detection
- Pose: Support OpenPose body_25b for more accuracy, body_135 for pronation/supination.
- Pose: Support BlazePose for faster inference (on mobile device).
- Pose: Support DeepLabCut for training on custom datasets.
- Pose: Support AlphaPose as an alternative to OpenPose.
- Pose: Support MediaPipe holistic for pronation/supination (converter, skeleton.py, OpenSim model and setup files).
- Pose: Support MMPose, SLEAP, etc.
- Calibration: Convert Qualisys .qca.txt calibration file.
- Calibration: Convert Optitrack extrinsic calibration file.
- Calibration: Convert Vicon .xcp calibration file.
- Calibration: Easier and clearer calibration procedure: separate intrinsic and extrinsic parameter calculation, edit corner detection if some are wrongly detected (or not visible).
- Calibration: Possibility to evaluate extrinsic parameters from cues on scene.
- Calibration: Once object points have been detected or clicked once, track them for live calibration of moving cameras. Propose to click again when they are lost.
- Calibration: Fine-tune calibration with bundle adjustment.
- Calibration: Support ChArUco board detection (see there).
- Calibration: Convert bioCV (University of Bath) and OpenCap calibrations.
- Calibration: Calculate calibration with points rather than board. (1) SBA calibration with wand (cf Argus, see converter here). Set world reference frame in the end.
- Calibration: Alternatively, self-calibrate with OpenPose keypoints. Set world reference frame in the end.
- Synchronization: Synchronize cameras on 2D keypoint speeds. Cf this draft script.
- Person Association: Automatically choose the main person to triangulate.
- Person Association: Multiple persons association. 1. Triangulate all the persons whose reprojection error is below a certain threshold (instead of only the one with minimum error), and then track in time with speed cf Slembrouck 2020? or 2. Based on affinity matrices Dong 2021? or 3. Based on occupancy maps Yildiz 2012? or 4. With a neural network Huang 2023?
- Triangulation: Triangulation weighted with confidence.
- Triangulation: Set a likelihood threshold below which a camera should not be used, a reprojection error threshold, and a minimum number of remaining cameras below which triangulation is skipped for this frame.
- Triangulation: Show mean reprojection error in px and in mm for each keypoint.
- Triangulation: Show how many cameras on average had to be excluded for each keypoint.
- Triangulation: Evaluate which cameras were the least reliable.
- Triangulation: Show which frames had to be interpolated for each keypoint.
- Triangulation: Undistort 2D points before triangulating (and distort them before computing reprojection error).
- Triangulation: Multiple person kinematics (output multiple .trc coordinates files). Triangulate all persons with reprojection error above threshold, and identify them by minimizing their displacement across frames.
- Triangulation: Offer the possibility of triangulating with Sparse Bundle Adjustment (SBA), Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Full Trajectory Estimation (FTE) (see AcinoSet).
- Triangulation: Solve limb swapping (although not really an issue with Body_25b) by using RANSAC or SDS triangulation ignoring right and left, and then decide which side points are by majority voting giving more confidence to cameras whose plane is the most coplanar to the right/left line.
- Triangulation: Implement normalized DLT and RANSAC triangulation, Outlier rejection (sliding z-score?), as well as a triangulation refinement step.
- Filtering: Available filtering methods: Butterworth, Butterworth on speed, Gaussian, Median, LOESS (polynomial smoothing).
- Filtering: Implement Kalman filter and Kalman smoother.
- OpenSim: Integrate better spine from lifting fullbody model to the gait full-body model, more accurate for the knee.
- OpenSim: Optimize model marker positions as compared to ground-truth marker-based positions.
- OpenSim: Add scaling and inverse kinematics setup files.
- OpenSim: Add muscles from OpenSim lifting full-body model, add Hertzian footground contacts, for inverse dynamics and more.
- OpenSim: Implement optimal fixed-interval Kalman smoothing for inverse kinematics (this OpenSim fork), or Biorbd)
- GUI: 3D plot of cameras and of triangulated keypoints.
- GUI: Demo on Google Colab (see Sports2D for OpenPose and Python package installation on Google Drive).
- GUI: Blender add-on (cf MPP2SOS), or webapp (e.g., with Napari. See my draft project Maya-Mocap and BlendOsim.
- Catch errors
- Pip package
- Conda package
- Docker image
- Run from command line via click or typer
- Utilities: Export other data from c3d files into .mot or .sto files (angles, powers, forces, moments, GRF, EMG...)