COMPUTER VISION BASED TRACKING OF A HAND
First Claim
1. A method for computer vision based tracking of a hand, the method comprising:
- i) receiving a sequence of images of a field of view, said images comprising at least one object having a shape of a hand;
ii) tracking at least one first selected feature from within the object;
iii) applying a shape recognition algorithm at a suspected location of the object in an image from the sequence of images to detect a shape of a hand in the image;
iv) selecting at least one second feature to be tracked from within the detected shape of the hand; and
v) tracking the second feature.
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Abstract
A system and method for computer vision based tracking of a hand may include receiving a sequence of images, the images including at least one object having a shape of a hand. A first selected feature is tracked from within the hand shaped object. Shape recognition algorithms are applied at a suspected location of the hand shaped object in an image from the sequence of images to detect a shape of a hand in the image and a second feature from within the detected shape of the hand is then selected and tracked, thereby providing verification and updating of the location of the hand shaped object.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for computer vision based tracking of a hand, the method comprising:
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i) receiving a sequence of images of a field of view, said images comprising at least one object having a shape of a hand; ii) tracking at least one first selected feature from within the object; iii) applying a shape recognition algorithm at a suspected location of the object in an image from the sequence of images to detect a shape of a hand in the image; iv) selecting at least one second feature to be tracked from within the detected shape of the hand; and v) tracking the second feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for computer vision based tracking of a hand, the method comprising:
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receiving a sequence of images, said images comprising at least one object having a shape of a hand; tracking a feature from within the object; applying a shape recognition algorithm at a suspected location of the object in an image from the sequence of images to detect a shape of the object; and terminating tracking if the shape of the object is not a hand shape. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for computer vision based tracking of a hand, the system comprising
an imager to receive a sequence of images of a field of view; a processor in communication with the imager, the processor to; detect within an image from the sequence of images an object having a shape of a hand; track at least one first selected feature from within the object; detect a shape of a hand at a suspected location of the object; select at least one second feature to be tracked from within the detected shape of the hand; and track the second feature; and
anda device configured to be controlled by the processor based on the tracking of the second feature.
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