Patent Publication Number: US-11042730-B2

Title: Method, apparatus and device for determining an object, and storage medium for the same

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201810866053.X, filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China on Aug. 1, 2018, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of computer science, and more particularly to a method, an apparatus and a device for determining an object, and a computer readable storage medium for the same. 
     RELATED ART 
     With development of computer technology, the number of applications that may be provided on mobile terminals, such as mobile phones and tablets, is growing rapidly. Particularly, various video applications and camera applications with special-effects have attracted much attention and become popular. 
     In such applications, there is a demand for tracking gestures and body movements of a user so as to increase interactivity and entertainments. However, most conventional video applications and camera special-effects applications detect discrete and special movements of the body with the mobile terminal, and provide a corresponding interaction feedback to the user when the detection is successful. It is not possible for conventional approaches to detect two-dimensional skeleton joints of the user in an image or in a video and to create a three-dimensional character model corresponding to the body movements of the user in real time. Therefore, it is useful to develop a method capable of creating a three-dimensional virtual model by following the body movements of the users in real time. It is also advantageous if such method does not require additional hardware for acquiring image or video. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, a solution for determining an object is provided. 
     In a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for determining an object is provided. The method comprises determining a reference representation based on positions of a first reference point and a second reference point of a first object in a reference image, the reference representation indicating a distance and a relative direction between the first reference point and the second reference point in the reference image. The method further comprises determining a detection representation based on positions of the first reference point and the second reference point in a detection frame including the first object in a video, the detection representation indicating a distance and a relative direction between the first reference point and the second reference point in the detection frame. The method further comprises determining rotation parameters associated with a first predetermined point and a second predetermined point in a second object based on the reference representation and the detection representation, the second object being a three-dimensional object associated with the first object, the first predetermined point being corresponding to the first reference point, and the second predetermined point being corresponding to the second reference point. The method further comprises adjusting a target representation between the first predetermined point and the second predetermined point in the second object based on the rotation parameters. 
     In a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a device is provided, comprising: one or more processors, and a storage device, configured to store one or more programs, wherein, the one or more programs enable the one or more processors to implement the method according the first aspect of the present disclosure when being executed by the one or more processors. 
     In a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon is provided. The program implements the method according the first aspect of the present disclosure when being executed by a processor. 
     It should be understood that, descriptions in the Summary of the present disclosure are not intended to limit an essential or important feature in embodiments of the present disclosure, and are also not construed to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will be easily understood by following descriptions. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other features, advantages and aspects of respective embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent with reference to accompanying drawings and following detailed illustrations. In the accompanying drawings, the same or similar numeral references represent the same or similar elements, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary environment in which an embodiment of the present disclosure may be implemented. 
         FIG. 2  is a flow chart illustrating a process for determining an object according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a flow chart illustrating a process for determining a first angle according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a flow chart illustrating a process for determining a second angle according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram illustrating a determination of the first angle and the second angel according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic diagram illustrating providing of guiding information according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram illustrating interacting effects according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus for determining an object according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 9  is a block diagram illustrating a computing device for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Description will be made in more details below to embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to accompanying drawings. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that, the present disclosure may be implemented in various ways, but not be construed as a limitation of the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, those embodiments provided are merely for a thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure. It should be understood that, the accompanying drawings and embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for exemplary purposes, and is not used to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
     In the description of embodiments of the present disclosure, terms such as “include” and its equivalents should be understood as an inclusive meaning, i.e. “include but not limited to”. Terms such as “based on” should be understood as “at least partially based on”. Terms such as “an embodiment” or “the embodiment” should be understood as “at least one embodiment”. Terms such as “first”, “second” or the like may represent different or same objects. Other explicit and implicit definitions may also be included below. 
     As mentioned above, in applications such as video and camera special-effects, it is advantageous to track gestures and body movements of a user to increase interactivity and entertainments. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method capable of creating a three-dimensional model following body gestures in real time according to two-dimensional body joints in a video. 
     Conventionally, creation of a three-dimensional model according to detection of two-dimensional body joints requires a camera capable of capturing depth information of the body. With such a camera, position information of a body of an object in an image in a depth direction (here, referring to a direction of a line for connecting the camera with the object in the description) may be obtained, for determining body movements of the object in the depth direction and creating or recreating a corresponding three-dimensional model. Such a scheme has special requirements for the camera in a user terminal, which is not easy to be widely applied. In addition, such a scheme requires complicated algorithms and a large amount of calculations, which is not plausible for following the body movements in real time. 
     According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a solution for determining an object is provided, for determining a three-dimensional object associated with an object in a video, such that the three-dimensional object may imitate, follow or otherwise reflect movements or gestures of the object in the video. In this solution, first, information about at least two reference points of an object in a reference image and in a video frame is determined. Then, adjustment to be executed on a three-dimensional object is determined based on the information. On this basis, the three-dimensional object may be adjusted to reflect the movements or gestures of the object in a corresponding frame. In this way, the adjusted three-dimensional object may reflect the movements or gestures of the object in the frames of the video correspondingly. Further, there are no additional requirements for the camera capturing the video. For example, it is not necessary to provide the camera with depth information. Therefore, the solution in the present disclosure may advantageously adjust a three-dimensional object associated with an object according to movements or gestures of the object in a video, to increase entertainments and interactivity with the user. 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary environment  100  in which an embodiment of the present disclosure may be implemented. In the exemplary environment  100 , information about an object  101  in a reference image  110  and in a detection frame  120  is utilized by a computing device  102  to determine another object  103  associated with an object  101 . Here, for ease of description, the object  101  is referred as a first object  101 , and the object  103  is referred as a second object  103 . The first object  101  may be an object in a video  105  with a change in the body or in the gesture, such as, a human, an animal, a toy or the like. In some cases, the first object  101  may be a user of the computing device  102 . The second object  103  may be a virtual object created or determined by the computing device  102 , for simulating or reflecting the change in the body or in the gesture of the first object  101 , such as a three-dimensional virtual model. 
     It should be understood that, the environment illustrated in  FIG. 1  is only illustrative, and the second object  103  may be determined by using a plurality of computing devices. It should also be understood that, the computing device  102  may be a fixed computing device, or may be a portable computing device, such as a mobile phone, a tablet or the like. 
     The reference image  110  may include the first object  101 . Although the first object  101  is illustrated as a human body in  FIG. 1 , it should be understood that, the first object  101  may be any objects capable of conducting body movements, such as an animal and a toy. The first object  101  may make a predetermined gesture in the reference image  110 , such as in a stand state illustrated in  FIG. 1 , or in a straight-sitting state or a side-lying state. 
     The computing device  102  may recognize the first object  101  in the reference image  110 , and detect a plurality of reference points of the first object  101 , such as reference points  111 - 114 . The reference points may indicate skeleton joints of the first object  101 . For example, in  FIG. 1 , the reference point  111  indicates a left wrist joint of the first object  101 ; the reference point  112  indicates a left elbow joint of the first object  101 ; the reference point  113  indicates a cervical joint of the first object  101 ; and the reference point  114  indicates a lumbar joint of the first object  111 . 
     The computing device  102  may also determine a representation associated with any two of the reference points. For example,  FIG. 1  illustrates a representation associated with the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112 , which is also referred as a reference representation  115 . The reference representation  115  may include any indications of a distance and a relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112 . For example, the reference representation  115  may be a geometric representation such as a vector, or may directly include data relating to the distance and the relative direction. 
     It should be understood that, for different types of first objects  101 , the computing device  102  may detect different types of skeleton joints. Detection for the skeleton joints by the computing device  102  may be implemented in a deep-learning manner. It should also be understood that, although  FIG. 1  illustrates  14  reference points, it is merely illustrative, and is not intent to limit the present disclosure. The first object  101  may have more and fewer joints. 
     The video  105  may be captured by a camera (not illustrated) in the computing device  102 , or may be received by the computing device  102  from other devices, such as from another computing device or from a dedicated camera. The video  105  may include a plurality of frames, such as frames  120 ,  130  and  140 . The first object  101  is included in at least some of the frames  120 ,  130  and  140 . The body movements or gestures of the first object  101  may change in the video  105 . 
     The computing device  102  may process the frame including the first object  101  in the video  105 . Here, for ease of discussion, the frame to be processed by the computing device  102  is referred as a detection frame, such as a detection frame  120  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . The computing device  102  may recognize the first object  101  in the detection frame  120 . Then, the computing device  102  may determine positions of the reference points (such as, reference points  111 - 114 ) in the detection frame  120 . For example, when the first object  101  is a human body, the computing device  102  may determine the reference points (which are generally the skeleton joints of the human body in this case) by utilizing a method for detecting skeleton joints that is known in the art or will be developed in the future. 
     The computing device  102  may also determine a representation associated with the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120  (for ease of discussion, referred as a detection representation  125  below). As mentioned above with regard to the reference representation  115 , the detection representation  125  may include any indications of the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112 . For example, the detection representation  125  may be a geometric representation such as a vector, or may directly include data relating to the distance and the relative direction. 
     It should be understood that,  FIG. 1  illustrates three frames  120 ,  130  and  140 , but it is merely illustrative, and is not intent to limit the present disclosure. The video  105  may include more or fewer frames. 
     The computing device  102  may determine a three-dimensional virtual object associated with the first object  101  (here, referred as the second object  103 ) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The second object  103  may imitate the body movements or the gestures of the first object  101 , or may reflect the body movement or gestures of the first object  101  in the detection frame  120  in other ways. 
     In some embodiments, the second object  103  may make movements opposite to those movements made by the first object  101  in the detection frame  120 . For example, if the computing device  102  determines that the first object  101  is in a squat state in the detection frame  120 , the second object  103  may be in a standing state. In some embodiments, the second object may make movements mirroring those movements of the first object  101  in the detection frame  120 . For example, when the computing device  102  determines that the first object  101  raises its left hand in the detection frame  120 , the second object  103  may raise its right hand. 
     In order to determine body movements of the second object  103  according to the body movements of the first object  101  in the detection frame  120 , a predetermined point corresponding to the reference point may be provided in the second object  103 . As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a first predetermined point  131  and a second predetermined  132  correspond to the first reference point  111  and the second reference  112 , respectively. A target representation  135  associated with the first predetermined point  131  and the second predetermined  132  may also be provided. 
     It should be understood that, although  FIG. 1  illustrates only two predetermined points, the second object  103  may include other predetermined points. In addition, the number of the predetermined points may be lower than or equal to the number of the reference points. In a case where the number of the predetermined points is lower than the number of the reference points, the second object  103  may only imitate or reflect the movements or gestures of a part of the body (such as, a left side of the body) of the first object  101 . It should also be understood that, the type of the first object  101  may be different from the type of the second object  103 , and embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. For example, the first object  101  may be a human body, while the second object  103  may be an animal. 
     The computing device  102  may adjust the body movement or gestures of the second object  103  correspondingly with respect to each frame including the first object  101  in the video  105 , such that the second object  103  may imitate or reflect a changing process of the body movements of the first object  101  in the video  105 . 
     For understanding the solution for determining an object provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure more definitely, embodiments of the present disclosure will be further described with reference to  FIG. 2 .  FIG. 2  is a flow chart illustrating a process  200  for determining an object according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The process  200  may be implemented by the computing device  102  in  FIG. 1 . For ease of discussion, the process  200  will be described in combination with  FIG. 1 . 
     At block  210 , the computing device  102  determines a reference representation  115  based on positions of a first reference point  111  and a second reference point  112  of a first object  101  in a reference image  110 . The reference representation  115  indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the reference image  110 . 
     In some embodiments, the reference image  110  may be obtained before capturing the video  105 . The first object  101  in the reference image  110  may perform a predetermined behavior. Performing the predetermined behavior may include making a predetermined movement, such as raising both hands, or may include making a predetermined gesture, such as the standing gesture illustrated in  FIG. 1 . In some embodiments, the reference image  110  may be a frame in the video  105 , such as a first frame in which the first object  101  appears, and may be a frame prior to the detection frame  120 . In an embodiment in which the computing device  102  processes the video in real time, the detection frame  120  may be a first frame from which the whole first object  101  is completely recognized by the computing device  102 . 
     In some embodiments, the reference representation  115  may be a vector formed by the first reference point  111  and the second reference  112  in the reference image  110  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . In some embodiments, the reference representation  115  may include any indications of the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the reference image  110 . For example, the reference representation  115  may directly include data relating to the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the reference image  110 . 
     In some embodiments, the computing device  102  may determine the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the reference image  110  based on the positions of the first reference point  111  and the second reference  112  in the reference image  110 , as the reference representation. The positions of the first reference point  111  and the second reference  112  in the reference image  110  may be represented by pixels where the reference points are located, or may be represented by coordinates of the reference points in a plane of the reference image  110 . 
     At block  220 , the computing device  102  determines a detection representation  125  based on the positions of the first reference point  111  and the second reference  112  in the detection frame  120 . The detection representation  125  indicates the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120 . The detection frame  120  may be selected from frames including the first object  101  in the video  105 , or the detection frame  120  may be any frame including the first object  101  of the video  105 . 
     As mentioned above with reference to the reference representation  115 , in some embodiments, the detection representation  125  may be a vector formed by the first reference point  111  and the second reference  112  in the detection frame  120  as illustrated in  FIG. 1 . In some embodiments, the detection frame  125  may include any indications of the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120 . For example, the detection representation  125  may directly include data relating to the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the reference image  110 . 
     In some embodiments, the computing device  102  may first select a frame including the first object  101  from the video  105  as the detection frame  120 . The computing device  102  may select the detection frame  120  from the video  105  based on a predefined rule. When the computing device  102  adjusts the second object  103  in real time while obtaining the video  105 , the computing device  102  may use each frame including the first object  101  as the detection frame  120  sequentially. 
     After obtaining the detection frame  120 , the computing device  102  may detect the position of the reference point of the first object  101  in the detection frame  120 . For example, the positions of the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120  may be detected. Then, the computing device  102  may determine the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference  112  based on the detected positions, as the detection representation. As mentioned above with regard to the reference representation  115 , the positions of the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120  may be represented by the pixel values of the reference points in the detection frame  120 , or may be represented by the coordinates of the reference points in the plane of the detection frame  120 . 
     At block  230 , the computing device  102  determines rotation parameters associated with the first predetermined point  131  and the second predetermined point  132  in the second object  103  based on the reference representation  115  and the detection representation  125 . As described above with regard to  FIG. 1 , the second object  103  is a three-dimensional object associated with the first object  101 . Specifically, the second object  103  may be used to imitate or reflect the body movements or gestures of the first object  101 . The first predetermined point  131  corresponds to the first reference point  111 , and the second predetermined point  132  corresponds to the second reference points  112 . 
     The rotation parameters may include rotating angles with respect to different predefined directions and predefined planes. For example, a longitudinal axis of the first object  101  may be used as the predefined direction, but other directions in the detection frame  120  (such as, a direction parallel to or perpendicular to a direction of a bottom edge of the detection frame  120 ) may alternatively be used as the predefined direction. An image plane associated with the detection frame  120  may be used as the predefined plane, but a plane perpendicular to the image plane may alternatively be used as the predefined plane. In this application, the image plane associated with the detection frame  120  refers to a plane in which an image is generated when the detection frame  120  is formed or captured, which has been known in the imaging field. For different predefined directions and planes, respective rules may be provided for determining the rotation parameters based on the reference representation  115  and the detection representation  125 . 
     In some embodiments, the computing device  102  may determine a first angle θ and a second angle α (as illustrated in  FIG. 5 , with reference to the description below) based on the reference representation  115 , the detection representation  125  and the predefined direction. The first angle θ may indicate an angle between a line for connecting the first reference point  111  with the second reference point  112  and an image plane. The image plane is associated with the detection frame  120 . In other words, when the image of the detection frame  120  is formed or captured, the angle between a line for connecting the first reference point  111  of the first object  101  with the second reference point  112  of the first object  101  in an actual space and the image plane is indicated by the first angle θ. The second angle α may indicate an angle between a projection of the line for connecting the first reference point  111  of the first object  101  with the second reference point  112  in the actual space on the image plane and the predefined direction (for example, a direction perpendicular to a bottom side of the detection frame  120 ). A processing of determining the first angle θ and the second angle α will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 3 ,  FIG. 4 , and  FIG. 5 . 
     At block  240 , the computing device  102  adjusts the target representation  135  between the first predetermined point  131  and the second predetermined point  132  in the second object  103  based on the rotation parameters determined at block  203 . The target representation  135  may be in a plurality of forms. For example, the target representation  135  may be a vector in the coordinate system of the object  103 , or may be a rigid body between the first determined point  131  and the second predefined point  132  (such as, bones in a skeletal animation). The target representation  135  may be adjusted by employing different methods depending on different ways for creating the second object  103 . 
     In some embodiments, the second object  103  may be created by using a technology such as the skeletal animation. In this case, the target representation  135  may be the rigid body between the first predetermined point  131  and the second predetermined point  132 , and may be rotated with the second predetermined point  132  as a fulcrum. 
     In such embodiments, rigid representations (such as, bones) between different pairs of predetermined points of the second object  103  may be predefined. Therefore, the computing device  102  may first determine the target representation  135  between the first predetermined point  131  and the second predetermined point  132  from those rigid representations. Then, the computing device  102  may obtain the first angle θ and the second angle α from the determined rotation parameters, and adjust the target representation  135  by utilizing the first angle θ and the second angle α. For example, the first angle θ and the second angle α may be taken as input parameters of a skeletal animation model. It should be understood that, the first angle θ and the second angle α described here refer to the same angles as those described above with regard to block  230 . 
     Specifically, the computing device  102  may transform the first angle θ and the second angle α to a rotation matrix for rotating the target representation  135 , and then rotate the target representation  135  with the second predetermined point  132  as the fulcrum, such that an orientation of the target representation  135  in the second object  103  may imitate or reflect relative orientations of the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120 . As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , the first object  101  makes a gesture in which its left elbow towards the back in the detection frame  120 , while the left elbow of the second object  103  makes a similar gesture. 
     It should be understood that, the gestures illustrated in  FIG. 1  is merely illustrative, which is not intent to limit the present disclosure. In embodiments of the present disclosure, different transformation relationships may be predetermined for transform rotation parameters to the rotation matrix used in the skeletal animation, depending on whether the second object  103  imitates or mirrors the body movements of the first object  101 . The second object  103  may be manipulated or driven with the first angle θ and the second angle α by utilizing any methods in the field of skeletal animation which has been known or will be developed in the future, details of which are omitted here. 
     In some embodiments, the above blocks  220 - 224  may be performed for each frame including the first object  101  in the video  105 , such that changes of the body movements of the second object  103  may imitate or reflect changes of the body movements of the first object  101  during the video  101  is photographed. In some embodiments, the created second object  103  may be stored in association with corresponding frames. In some embodiments, the created second object  103  may be presented in association with corresponding frames, such as, on a display of the computing device  102  or other devices in real time. 
     The processing  200  of determining an object according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above with reference to  FIGS. 1 and 2 . In this way, a three-dimensional model object associated with the object in the video may be created. The model object may imitate or otherwise reflect the body movements or gestures of the object in corresponding frames. Further, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the three-dimensional model object may be created without depth information. Therefore, there are no additional requirements for the camera capturing the video. When embodiments of the present disclosure are applied to a mobile terminal, a three-dimensional virtual model associated with the object may be created in real time, thereby increasing interactivity with the user and improving entertainments. 
     As mentioned above with reference to  FIG. 2 , the computing device  102  may determine the first angle θ and the second angle α base on the reference representation  115  and the detection representation  125 . A process for determining the first angle θ will be described below with reference to  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 5 . A process for determining the second angle α will be described below with reference to  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 .  FIG. 3  is a flow chart illustrating the process  300  for determining the first angle θ according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.  FIG. 4  is a flow chart illustrating the process  400  for determining the second angle α according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.  FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram  500  illustrating the determination of the first angle θ and the second angle α according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 3 , at block  310 , the computing device  102  may determine a reference distance l 0  between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  based on the reference representation  115  (referring to  FIG. 5 ). The reference distance l 0  indicates a distance between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the reference image  110 . In a case where the reference representation  115  is a vector, the reference distance l 0  may be the module of the vector. In other cases, the reference distance l 0  may be calculated according to pixels or coordinates where the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  locate. In some embodiments, the first object  101  may be in a normal predefined gesture in the reference image  110 . In this case, the reference distance l 0  may be considered as the actual length of the body of the first object  101  (such as, the left forearm illustrated in  FIG. 1 ) associated with the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112 . 
     At block  320 , the computing device  102  may determine a detection distance l 1  between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  based on the detection representation  125  (referring to  FIG. 5  again). The reference distance l 1  indicates a distance between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120 . The detection distance l 1  may be determined as described above with reference to block  310 . 
     Now referring to  FIG. 5 , the x-y plane may be the image plane mentioned above or a plane parallel to the image plane. The detection distance l 1  may be considered as a length of a projection of the left forearm of the first subject  101 , which has an actual length equal to the reference distance l 0  when the detection frame  120  is formed or captured, in the image plane. As can be seen, the following equation (1) may be satisfied. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     Referring back to  FIG. 3 , at block  330 , the computing device  102  may determine the first angle θ based on a ratio of the reference distance l 0  to the detection distance l 1 . Specifically, the computing device  102  may calculate the first angle θ based on specific values of the reference distance l 0  and the detection distance l 1  according to the equation (1). It should be noted that, the equation (1) is merely illustrative, which is not intent to limit the present disclosure. Respective calculation rules may be predetermined depending on difference predefined directions and different predefined planes, but embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. 
     In some embodiments, it is necessary to further take into consideration forward and backward movements of the first object  101  with respect to the camera during the photographing of the video  105 . Therefore, an appropriately correction needs to be made to the detection distance l 1 . For example, specific reference points of the first object  101  may be selected as references, between which the forward and backward movements with respect to the camera are not readily to occur. For example, the third reference  113  and the fourth reference  114  illustrated in  FIG. 1  may be selected as the references. 
     In this case, the computing device  102  may determine a predetermined distance between the third reference point  113  and the fourth reference point  114  in the reference image  110 , and an updated distance in the detection frame  120 . Then, the detection distance l 1  may be modified based on a ratio of the predetermined distance to the updated distance. In such embodiments, the body movements of the first object  102  may be imitated or reflected more accurately. 
     Referring to  FIG. 4 ,  FIG. 4  is a flow chart illustrating the process  400  for determining the second angle α according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. At block  410 , the computing device  102  may determine the relative direction between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  based on the detection representation  125 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 5 , the computing device  102  may determine the relative direction  502  between the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120 . In a case where the detection representation  125  is a vector, the computing device  102  may take the direction of the vector as the relative direction  502 . In a case where the detection representation  125  includes pixel values or coordinates of the first reference point  111  and the second reference point  112  in the detection frame  120 , the relative direction  502  may be determined based on the pixel values or the coordinates. As mentioned above, a predefined direction may be defined. As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the predefined direction  503  is perpendicular to the bottom side  504  of the detection frame  120 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 4 , at block  420 , the computing device  102  may determine the second angle ca based on the relative direction  502  and the predefined direction  503 . For example, in a case where the detection representation  125  is a vector, the computing device  102  may calculate a degree of an angle between the vector and the predefined direction  503  as the value of the second angle α. It should be understood that, although  FIG. 5  illustrates that the predefined direction is a direction perpendicular to the bottom side  504  of the detection frame  120 , it is merely illustrative, and is not intent to limit the present disclosure. Different directions may be selected as the predefined direction. For example, a direction parallel to the bottom side  504  may be selected as the predefined direction. In some embodiments, the longitudinal axis  501  of the first object  101  may be selected as the predefined direction. 
     It should be understood that, the process for determining the rotation parameters described above with reference to  FIG. 5  is merely illustrative. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, similar methods may also be applied for determining rotation parameters for other predetermined points of the second object  103 . 
     In such embodiments, the rotation parameter for manipulating or driving the three-dimensional object may be determined simply and quickly without additional depth information. In this way, such embodiments may be applied to various application widely without limited to performances of a camera for capturing a video. 
     As mentioned above, embodiments of the present disclosure are particularly suitable for applications of mobile terminals such as a mobile phone, or a tablet. In those applications, the method according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with augmented reality (AR) technology, to provide a user with novel AR interactions based on body movements. For example, when a camera of a mobile device recognizes the body of a user, it starts to detect skeleton joints in real time, and renders a virtual three-dimensional model near the body of the user based on information about the skeleton joints by utilizing the method according to the present disclosure. Movements of the user may be mapped to the virtual model in real time, thereby implementing inventive interactions with the virtual model based on the skeleton joints of the body. 
     In some embodiments, guiding information may be provided. The guiding information is used for guiding the first object  101  (generally the user of the mobile device in this case) to perform a predefined behavior.  FIG. 6  is a schematic diagram  600  illustrating providing of guiding information according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. In the example of  FIG. 6 , a display  601  of the mobile device displays guiding information  602 , which is a human-shaped frame with both hands hanging naturally. The guiding information  602  may guide the first object  101  (such as, the user of the mobile device) to perform the predefined behavior, for example, to make the gesture indicated by the guiding information  602  in the field of view of the camera. 
     Then, it may be determined whether the first object  101  appearing in the field of view of the camera performs the predefined behavior, for example, whether makes the gesture as indicated by the guidance information  602 . If the first object  101  performs the predefined behavior, an image including the first object  101  may be acquired as the reference image  110  described above. However, if the first object  101  does not perform the predefined behavior, further guiding information may be provided to cause the first object to adjust until it performs the predefined behavior. 
     Specifically, when the first object  101  appears in the field of view of the camera, and is then adjusted to match the guiding information  602  by adjusting a distance and an angle between the first object  101  and the camera, it is determined that the object is recognized successfully. In this case, the computing device  102  may determine that the first object  101  has performed the predefined behavior, and take the obtained image as the reference image  101 . 
     In such embodiments, the detected skeleton joints may be displayed in real time while the first object  101  enters the field of view of the camera. When the whole first object  101  enters the field of view of the camera completely, and performs the predefined behavior according to the guiding information (such as, making a gesture as guided according to the guiding information  602 ), the reference image  101  is obtained, following by subsequent interactions. It should be understood that, although  FIG. 6  illustrates the guiding information as the human-shaped frame, the guiding information may be presented in various forms. For example, the guiding information may be characters or voice. In addition, the guiding information may vary depending on different predefined behaviors. 
     Next, the first object  101  performs a series of body movements or changes its gestures. The reference points (that is, the skeleton joints) of the first object  101  in the frame of the video  105  are detected in real time. Then, the body movement or gestures of the three-dimensional virtual model (i.e., the second object  103 ) is adjusted in real time by utilizing the processes described above with reference with  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4 , i.e., mapping the information about the skeleton joint of the first object  101  to the three-dimensional virtual model synchronously, achieving the effects that the three-dimensional virtual model follows the movements of the first object in real time. 
     In some embodiments, the second object  103  may be presented in association with the detection frame  120  in the video  105 .  FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram  700  illustrating interacting effects according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As illustrated in  FIG. 7 , the created second object  103  may be presented in association with the detection frame  120  (including the first object  101  therein), for example, on a display in the computing device  102  or other device, or on a dedicated display device. In the example of  FIG. 7 , the created second object  103  presents body movements similar to those of the first object  101 . In some embodiments, the second object  103  may be presented through an AR device (such as, a pair of AR glasses). 
     The second object  103  may be adjusted in real time corresponding to each frame while the video  105  is acquired, and be presented in real time. It should be understood that, in such embodiments, the computing device  102  may be a mobile device capturing the video  105 , or may be a device different from the mobile device capturing the video  105 . 
     In such embodiments, the three-dimensional virtual model may be presented to the user in real time while the user photographs the video. In this way, the interactivity with the user and entertainments may be enhanced, thereby improving the user&#39;s experiences. 
       FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus  800  for determining an object according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The apparatus  800  may be included in the computing device  102  illustrated in  FIG. 1  or be implemented as the computing device  102 . As illustrated in  FIG. 8 , the apparatus  800  comprises a reference representation determination module  810 , configured to determine a reference representation based on positions of a first reference point and a second reference point of a first object in a reference image. The reference representation indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first reference point and the second reference point in the reference image. The apparatus  800  further comprises a detection representation determination module  820 , configured to determine a detection representation based on positions of the first reference point and the second reference point in a detection frame including the first object in the video. The detection representation indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first reference point and the second reference point in the detection frame. The apparatus  800  further comprises a rotation parameter determination module  830 , configured to determine rotation parameters associated with a first predetermined point and a second predetermined point in a second object based on the reference representation and the detection representation. The second object is a three-dimensional object associated with the first object. The first predetermined point corresponds to the first reference point. The second predetermined point corresponds to the second reference point. The apparatus  800  further comprises a target representation adjustment module  840 , configured to adjust a target representation between the first predetermined point and the second predetermined point in the second object based on the rotation parameters. 
     In some embodiments, the reference representation determination module  810  comprises: a first distance and direction determination module, configured to determine the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point and the second reference point in the reference image based on the positions of the first reference point and the second reference point in the reference image, as the reference representation. 
     In some embodiments, the detection representation determination module  820  comprises: a frame selection module and a second distance and direction determination module. The frame selection module is configured to select a frame including the first object in the video as the detection representation. The second distance and direction determination module is configured to determine the distance and the relative direction between the first reference point and the second reference point in the detection frame based on the positions of the first reference point and the second reference point in the detection frame, as the detection representation. 
     In some embodiments, the rotation parameter determination module  830  comprises: an angle determination module, configured to determine a first angle and a second angle based on the reference representation, the detection representation and a predefined direction. The first angle indicates an angle between a line for connecting the first reference point with the second reference point and an image plane associated with the detection frame. The second angle indicates an angle between a projection of the connecting line on the image plane and the predefined direction. 
     In some embodiments, the angle determination module comprises: a reference distance determination module, a detection distance determination module and a first angle determination module. The reference distance determination module is configured to determine a reference distance between the first reference point and the second reference point based on the reference representation. The detection distance determination module is configured to determine a detection distance between the first reference point and the second reference point based on the detection representation. The first angle determination module is configured to determine the first angle based on a ratio of the reference distance to the detection distance. 
     In some embodiments, the angle determination module comprises: a relative direction determination module and a second angle determination module. The relative direction determination module is configured to determine the relative direction between the first reference point and the second reference point based on the detection representation. The second angle determination module is configured to determine the second angle based on the relative direction and the predefined direction. 
     In some embodiments, the target representation adjustment module  840  comprises: a target representation determination module, an angle obtaining module and an angle utilizing module. The target representation determination module is configured to determine the target representation between the first predefined point and the second predetermined point. The target representation indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first predefined point and the second predefined point. The angle obtaining module is configured to obtain a first angle and a second angle based on the rotation parameters. The first angle indicates an angle between a line for connection the first reference point with the second reference point and an image plane associated with the detection frame. The second angle indicates an angle between a projection of the connecting line on the image plane and a predefined direction. The angle utilizing module is configured to adjust the target representation by utilizing the first angle and the second angle. 
     In some embodiments, the apparatus  800  further comprises: a guiding information providing module and a reference image obtaining module. The guiding information providing module is configured to provide guiding information to the first object for guiding the first object to perform a predefined behavior. The reference image obtaining module is configured to obtain an image including the first object as the reference image in responding to the first object performing the predefined behavior. 
     In some embodiments, the apparatus  800  also comprises a presentation module, configured to present the second object in association with the detection frame in the video. 
       FIG. 9  is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary device  900  for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. The device  900  may be configured to implement the computing device  102  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . As illustrated in  FIG. 9 , the device  900  includes a center processing unit (CPU)  901 , capable of executing various appropriate operations and processes according to computer program instructions stored in a read only memory (ROM)  902  or computer program instructions loaded to a random access memory (RAM)  903  from a storage unit  908 . In the RAM  903 , various programs and date necessary for the operations of the device  900  may also be stored. The CPU  901 , the ROM  902 , and the RAM  903  may be connected to each other via a bus  904 . An input/output (I/O) interface  905  is also connected to the bus  904 . 
     A plurality of components in the device  900  are connected to the I/O interface  905 , including: an input unit  906  such as a keyboard, a mouse; an output unit  907  such as various kinds of displays, speakers; a storage unit  908  such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk; and a communication unit  909 , such as a network card, a modem, a wireless communication transceiver. The communication unit  909  allows the device  900  to exchange information/data with other devices over a computer network such as the Internet and/or various telecommunication networks. 
     The processing unit  901  executes the above-mentioned methods and processes, such as any of the processes  200 ,  300 , and  400 . For example, in some embodiments, any of the processes  200 ,  300 , and  400  may be implemented as a computer software program, which may be tangibly contained in a machine readable medium, such as the storage unit  908 . In some embodiments, a part or all of the computer programs may be loaded and/or installed on the device  900  through the ROM  902  and/or the communication unit  909 . When the computer programs are loaded to the RAM  903  and are executed by the CPU  901 , one or more steps in any of the processes  200 ,  300 , and  400  described above may be executed. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the CPU  901  may be configured to execute any of the processes  200 ,  300 , and  400  in other appropriate manners (such as, by means of firmware). 
     The functions described above may at least partially be executed by one or more hardware logic components. For example, but not being limitative, exemplary types of hardware logic components that may be used include: a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an application specific standard product (ASSP), a system on chip (SOC), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) or the like. 
     Program codes for implementing the method of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These program codes may be provided to a processor or a controller of a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer or other programmable data processing device, such that the functions/operations specified in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams are implemented when these program codes are executed by the processor or the controller. These program codes may execute entirely on a machine, partly on a machine, partially on the machine as a stand-alone software package and partially on a remote machine or entirely on a remote machine or entirely on a server. 
     In the context of the present disclosure, the machine-readable medium may be a tangible medium that may contain or store a program to be used by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The machine-readable medium may be a machine-readable signal medium or a machine-readable storage medium. The machine-readable medium may include, but not limit to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the machine-readable storage medium may include electrical connections based on one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a RAM, a ROM, an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. 
     In addition, although the operations are depicted in a particular order, it should be understood to require that such operations are executed in the particular order illustrated in the drawings or in a sequential order, or that all illustrated operations should be executed to achieve the desired result. Multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous in certain circumstances. Likewise, although several specific implementation details are included in the above discussion, these should not be construed as limitation of the scope of the present disclosure. Certain features described in the context of separate embodiments may also be implemented in combination in a single implementation. On the contrary, various features described in the context of the single implementation may also be implemented in a plurality of implementations, either individually or in any suitable sub-combination. 
     Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it should be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not limited to the specific features or acts described above. Instead, the specific features and acts described above are merely exemplary forms of implementing the claims.