COMPUTER VISION BASED HAND IDENTIFICATION
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1. A method for computer vision based hand identification, the method comprising:
- obtaining an image of an object;
detecting in the image at least two different types of shape features of the object;
obtaining information of each type of shape feature;
combining the information of each type of shape feature to obtain combined information; and
determining that the object is a hand based on the combined information.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for computer vision based hand identification, the method comprising: obtaining an image of an object; detecting in the image at least two different types of shape features of the object; obtaining information of each type of shape feature; combining the information of each type of shape feature to obtain combined information; and determining that the object is a hand based on the combined information.
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1. A method for computer vision based hand identification, the method comprising:
- obtaining an image of an object;
detecting in the image at least two different types of shape features of the object; obtaining information of each type of shape feature; combining the information of each type of shape feature to obtain combined information; and determining that the object is a hand based on the combined information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 25, 26)
- obtaining an image of an object;
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19. A system for computer vision based hand identification, the system comprising
a detector, said detector configured to detect at least two different types of shape features of an object from an image of the object, to obtain information of the two different types of shape features; - and
a processor to combine the information of the two different types of shape features to obtain combined information and to determine that the object is a hand based on the combined information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for computer vision based control of a device, the method comprising:
- obtaining an image of an object;
identifying a hand in the image by combining information from at least two different types of shape features of an imaged object; and controlling the device based on the identification of the hand.
- obtaining an image of an object;
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