Apparatus and method of hand gesture recognition based on depth image
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1. An apparatus for hand gesture recognition, comprising:
- a processor configured toacquire a depth image comprising a region of a hand performing a gesture,classify depth points of the region in the depth image according to a corresponding hand portion,match a three-dimensional hand model with the classified depth points, by using distances between the classified depth points and the corresponding hand portion, and by minimizing a sum of distances between a plurality of depth points and the three-dimensional hand model, andtrack the gesture in an animation including the matched three-dimensional hand model.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for hand gesture recognition based on a depth image, which includes a depth image acquiring unit configured to acquire a depth image including a hand region, a depth point classifying unit configured to classify depth points of a hand region in the depth image according to a corresponding hand portion by means of a machine studying method, and a hand model matching unit configured to match a three-dimensional hand model with the classified depth points by using distances between the classified depth points and a hand portion respectively corresponding to the depth points. A recognition method using the apparatus is also disclosed.
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1. An apparatus for hand gesture recognition, comprising:
a processor configured to acquire a depth image comprising a region of a hand performing a gesture, classify depth points of the region in the depth image according to a corresponding hand portion, match a three-dimensional hand model with the classified depth points, by using distances between the classified depth points and the corresponding hand portion, and by minimizing a sum of distances between a plurality of depth points and the three-dimensional hand model, and track the gesture in an animation including the matched three-dimensional hand model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for hand gesture recognition, comprising:
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acquiring a depth image comprising a region of a hand performing a gesture; classifying depth points of the region in the depth image according to a corresponding hand portion; matching a three-dimensional hand model with the classified depth points by using distances between the classified depth points and the corresponding hand portion; and tracking the gesture in an animation including the matched three-dimensional hand model, wherein the matching comprises matching the three-dimensional hand model so that angles between phalanges of a finger are proportional to each other. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for hand gesture recognition based on a depth image, comprising:
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acquiring a depth image comprising a region of a hand performing a gesture; classifying depth points of the region in the depth image according to a corresponding hand portion by means of a machine studying method; matching a three-dimensional hand model with the classified depth points by using distances between the classified depth points and the hand portion, which respectively corresponds to the depth points; and tracking the gesture in an animation including the matched three-dimensional hand model, wherein the classifying of the depth points of the region comprises classifying the depth points of the region into any one of a thumb, a forefinger, a middle finger, a ring finger, a little finger and a palm, and labeling each of the depth points according to the classification, and wherein the matching of the three-dimensional hand model comprises matching the three-dimensional hand model so that a sum of distances between a plurality of depth points and the three-dimensional hand model, which respectively corresponds to the plurality of depth points, is minimized.
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