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Hand gesture control system

  • US 6,002,808 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1996
  • Issued: 12/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for rapidly recognizing non-regular objects in space for the control of computer graphics, comprising:

  • means for scanning an area at which said object is expected to exist and for generating an electronic image in the form of a pixel representation of said object;

    means for detecting and calculating image moments from pixel intensities of pixels in said pixel representation;

    means for determining, based upon the calculated image moments, an overall rectangle equivalent to the object and having a position, orientation, length and width corresponding to object position, orientation, length and width; and

    ,means for identifying parameters of said rectangle and generating a corresponding control signal.

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