[dipl] Perustieteiden korkeakoulu / SCI

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  • Algorithmic modifications to the emotional content of motion capture data
    (2010) Lehtonen, Klaus
     School of Science | Master's thesis
    Motion capture has become frequently used in computer games and movies. Since the captured motions can be very realistic, it is also possible to see many emotions in the animations that use the captured material. Having the ability to display a motion with different emotions could be useful for games and storytelling. Capturing one action with different kind of emotions can take a lot of time. To solve this problem modifications that change the emotional content of a motion clip have been developed. The goal of this thesis was to search and implement ways to modify captured motions in order to change their emotional appearance. Based on the findings of a literature survey, modifications that affect the posture of a character, the length of the motion paths and acceleration of the motion were implemented. A questionnaire with animated motion was made to survey if the modifications really affect the emotions seen in motions. The results of the thesis show that the changes in posture and in the length of motion paths did help creating the emotions sad, strong, excited, tired, weak and afraid. The emotions angry and relaxed were not successfully created with the modifications. The modification did also affect the femininity and the masculinity of the characters in the animations. The results include a list of possible improvements to the modifications that could be a basis for future research.
  • An Interoperable Equipment Server for Building Automation Systems
    (2007) Järvinen, Hannu
     School of Science | Master's thesis
    Purpose of this Master's Thesis is to explore the possibilities to integrate the management of the building automation systems and equipment. We would like to have a centralized management server, which integrates the monitoring and operating with different automation systems into one. Furthermore, these servers could be connected together to make the system more scalable and flexible. Nowadays, there are a considerable number of different protocols and industry standards at the building automation sector. Manufacturers have made their own customized tools to control the equipment. First step to make building automation systems centrally manageable is to use some standard way for communication between the different parts of the system. Of course, we also want to store all the equipment data in the same format, which makes the system more logical. All the equipment data available in standard format makes the development of the user interface easier. It also opens new possibilities for developing different kind of user interfaces. We should not limit the user interface to only one but to make it possible to make general as well as customized, mobile or automated user interfaces.