@INPROCEEDINGS{sigalas_iccv2013, author={Sigalas, M. and Pateraki, M. and Oikonomidis, I. and Trahanias, P.}, booktitle={Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW), 2013 IEEE International Conference on}, title={Robust Model-Based 3D Torso Pose Estimation in RGB-D Sequences}, year={2013}, month={Dec}, pages={315-322}, keywords={computer vision;face recognition;human-robot interaction;image sequences;middleware;pose estimation;3D geometric primitives;HRI applications;OpenNI user generator middleware;RGB silhouette;RGB-D image sequences;computer vision task;data-driven model-based method;depth point cloud information;face detection;free-form human robot interaction;global optimization scheme;ground truth data;human body pose information;human torso;initialization phase;naturalistic environments;pose invariant features;real-time depth cameras;realistic scenarios;robust model-based 3D torso pose estimation;Ellipsoids;Face;Joints;Robustness;Shoulder;Three-dimensional displays;Torso;RGBD / model-based torso tracking;human robot interaction;upper body pose recovery}, doi={10.1109/ICCVW.2013.49},}