Remote control apparatus using gesture recognition
First Claim
1. A video processor for recognizing gestures, comprising:
- a video camera for capturing photographs of a region within the camera'"'"'s field of view, in real-time;
an image processor coupled with said video camera for detecting a plurality of hand gestures from the photographs captured by said video camera; and
a controller coupled with said image processor, wherein said controller can be in a dormant mode or an active mode, and wherein said controller transitions from dormant mode to active mode when said image processor detects a progression of two states within the captured photographs, the two states being (i) a closed fist and (ii) an open hand, wherein said controller issues a command to an electronic device based on the hand gestures detected by said image processor only when said controller is in active mode, and wherein said controller transitions back to the dormant mode after issuing a command.
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Abstract
A video processor for recognizing gestures, including a video camera for capturing photographs of a region within the camera'"'"'s field of view, in real-time, an image processor coupled with the video camera for detecting a plurality of hand gestures from the photographs captured by the video camera, and a controller coupled with the image processor, wherein the controller can be in a dormant mode or an active mode, and wherein the controller transitions from dormant mode to active mode when the image processor detects a progression of two states within the captured photographs, the two states being (i) a closed fist and (ii) an open hand, and wherein the controller performs a programmed responsive action to an electronic device based on the hand gestures detected by the image processor when the controller is in active mode. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described and claimed.
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26 Claims
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1. A video processor for recognizing gestures, comprising:
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a video camera for capturing photographs of a region within the camera'"'"'s field of view, in real-time; an image processor coupled with said video camera for detecting a plurality of hand gestures from the photographs captured by said video camera; and a controller coupled with said image processor, wherein said controller can be in a dormant mode or an active mode, and wherein said controller transitions from dormant mode to active mode when said image processor detects a progression of two states within the captured photographs, the two states being (i) a closed fist and (ii) an open hand, wherein said controller issues a command to an electronic device based on the hand gestures detected by said image processor only when said controller is in active mode, and wherein said controller transitions back to the dormant mode after issuing a command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for recognizing gestures, comprising:
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capturing photographs of a region in real-time; detecting a plurality of hand gestures; detecting a progression of two states within the captured photographs, in real-time, the two states being (i) a closed fist and (ii) an open hand; transitioning from a dormant mode to an active mode after said detecting the progression of the two states; issuing a command to an electronic device based on hand gestures detected while in the active mode; and transitioning to the dormant mode after issuing a command. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer readable storage medium storing program code for causing a computing device:
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to capture photographs of a region in real-time; to detect a plurality of hand gestures; to detect a progression of two states within the captured photographs, in real-time, the two states being (i) a closed fist and (ii) an open hand; to transition from a dormant mode to an active mode after said detecting the progression of the two states; to issue a command to an electronic device-based on hand gestures detected while in the active mode; and to transition to the dormant mode after issuing a command.
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