A Novel Deep Learning Model for Human Skeleton Estimation Using FMCW Radar

Human skeleton estimation using Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar is a promising approach for privacy-preserving motion analysis. However, the existing methods struggle with sparse radar point cloud data, leading to inaccuracies in joint localization. To address this challenge, we propose a novel deep learning framework integrating convolutional neural networks (CNNs), multi-head transformers, and Bi-LSTM networks to enhance spatiotemporal feature representations. Our approach introduces a frame concatenation strategy that improves data quality before processing through the neural network pipeline. Experimental evaluations on the MARS dataset demonstrate that our model outperforms conventional methods by significantly reducing estimation errors, achieving a mean absolute error (MAE) of 1.77 cm and a root mean squared error (RMSE) of 2.92 cm while maintaining computational efficiency.