METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION
First Claim
1. A method of gesture recognition, configured to recognize a gesture performed by a user in front of an electronic product, the method comprising:
- capturing an image containing an upper body of the user;
obtaining a hand area in the image;
scanning the hand area by a first couple of concentric circles and determining a number of fingertips in the hand area according to a number of skin color pixels on an inner circumference of the first couple of concentric circles and a number of skin color pixels on an outer circumference of the first couple of concentric circles during the scanning;
recognizing the gesture according to the number of fingertips; and
executing an operation function of the electronic product according to an operating instruction corresponding to the recognized gesture, wherein the electronic product comprises a computer system, a computer/television game, and an information appliance.
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Abstract
A method and a system for gesture recognition are provided for recognizing a gesture performed by a user in front of an electronic product having a video camera. In the present method, an image containing the upper body of the user is captured and a hand area in the image is obtained. The hand area is fully scanned by a first couple of concentric circles. During the scanning, a proportion of a number of skin color pixels on an inner circumference of the first couple of concentric circles and a proportion of a number of skin color pixels on an outer circumference of the first couple of concentric circles are used to determine a number of fingertips in the hand area. The gesture is recognized by the number of fingertips and an operation function of the electronic product is executed according to an operating instruction corresponding to the recognized gesture.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of gesture recognition, configured to recognize a gesture performed by a user in front of an electronic product, the method comprising:
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capturing an image containing an upper body of the user; obtaining a hand area in the image; scanning the hand area by a first couple of concentric circles and determining a number of fingertips in the hand area according to a number of skin color pixels on an inner circumference of the first couple of concentric circles and a number of skin color pixels on an outer circumference of the first couple of concentric circles during the scanning; recognizing the gesture according to the number of fingertips; and executing an operation function of the electronic product according to an operating instruction corresponding to the recognized gesture, wherein the electronic product comprises a computer system, a computer/television game, and an information appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system of gesture recognition, comprising:
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a hand area detection module, configured to obtain a hand area in an image captured by an image capture module, wherein the image contains the upper body of a user of an electronic product, and a gesture performed by the user in front of the electronic product, wherein the electronic product comprises a computer system, a computer/television game, and an information appliance; a fingertip feature capture module, scanning the hand area by a first couple of concentric circles and determining a number of fingertips in the hand area according to a number of skin color pixels on an inner circumference of the first couple of concentric circles and a number of skin color pixels on an outer circumference of the first couple of concentric circles during the scanning; a gesture recognition module, recognizing the gesture according to the number of fingertips; and a function execution module, executing an operation function of the electronic product according to an operating instruction corresponding to the recognized gesture. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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