What is Keypoint Annotation?

Keypoint annotation involves marking specific points on objects—such as joints on a human body, facial landmarks, or mechanical parts. These points are used to track movement, understand posture, or define object shape and orientation. It’s widely used in pose estimation, activity recognition, and facial analysis.


Use Cases by Industry


Medical & Healthcare

• Tracking body joints in physical therapy and rehabilitation AI
• Mapping facial keypoints for pain or emotion detection
• Identifying anatomical landmarks for diagnostics

Autonomous Vehicles

• Detecting pedestrian postures to predict movement
• Identifying cyclists, motorcyclists, and road worker gestures
• Enhanced human-object interaction models in urban scenarios

Robotics & Industrial Automation

• Marking parts of mechanical arms or tools for precise movement
• Training robots for human interaction or gesture understanding
• Assembly line motion detection and safety monitoring

AR/VR & Gaming

• Facial landmark detection for avatars and filters
• Full-body motion capture for realistic 3D rendering
• Eye and lip tracking in immersive environments

Retail & Customer Experience

• Analyzing shopper behavior through body pose
• Gaze tracking and emotion analysis for product interaction
• Virtual try-on using facial or hand keypoints

Animal Behavior & Veterinary AI

• Annotating joint movements of animals for health tracking
• Gait analysis in horses or livestock
• Wildlife monitoring through motion estimation

Why Use Keypoint Annotation?

  • Enables high-precision pose and motion tracking
  • Useful for real-time applications like AR and autonomous systems
  • Critical for training 2D and 3D object understanding models
  • Supported Tools & Formats

  • Tools: V7, CVAT, DeepLabCut, Label Studio
  • Formats: JSON, COCO keypoints format, CSV, XML
  • Custom exports available for your ML pipeline

Why Choose Wisepl?

  • Skilled annotators trained for joint and landmark accuracy
  • Cross-verified QC on frame-by-frame annotations
  • Proven experience with healthcare, robotics, and AR domains
  • Scalable teams for high-volume video and image datasets