DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOTION SYNTHESIS

A data processing apparatus is used for motion synthesis. A preprocessing unit of the data processing apparatus calculates a mixture of factor analysis (MFA) parameter by applying an energy minimized optimization algorithm to motion capture data acquired in advance and stored in a motion database (DB). When a motion probability distribution model is generated as described above, a calculating unit of the data processing apparatus synthesizes a motion corresponding to input motion sensing data by applying the input motion sensing data to the motion probability distribution model.