Computer vision based tracking of a hand
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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 shape of 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 newly detected shape of a hand in the image;
iv) selecting at least one newly selected feature to be tracked from within the newly detected shape of the hand; and
v) tracking the newly selected 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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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 shape of 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 newly detected shape of a hand in the image; iv) selecting at least one newly selected feature to be tracked from within the newly detected shape of the hand; and v) tracking the newly selected 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 shape of 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 newly detected shape of the object; if the newly detected shape of the object is a shape of a hand then selecting a newly selected feature to be tracked from within the newly detected shape of the object and tracking the newly selected feature; and terminating tracking if the shape of the newly detected shape of the object is not a hand shape. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for computer vision based tracking of a hand, the system comprising
a processor configured to: -
detect within an image from a sequence of images an object having a shape of a hand; track at least one first selected feature from within the shape of the object; detect a newly detected shape of a hand at a suspected location of the object; select at least one newly selected feature to be tracked from within the newly detected shape of the hand; and track the newly selected feature; and control a device based on the tracking of the newly selected feature.
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