Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Using Finger Segmentation

Hand gesture recognition is very significant for human-computer interaction. In this work, we present a novel real-time method for hand gesture recognition. In our framework, the hand region is extracted from the background with the background subtraction method. Then, the palm and fingers are segme...

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Main Authors: Zhi-hua Chen, Jung-Tae Kim, Jianning Liang, Jing Zhang, Yu-Bo Yuan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/267872
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description Hand gesture recognition is very significant for human-computer interaction. In this work, we present a novel real-time method for hand gesture recognition. In our framework, the hand region is extracted from the background with the background subtraction method. Then, the palm and fingers are segmented so as to detect and recognize the fingers. Finally, a rule classifier is applied to predict the labels of hand gestures. The experiments on the data set of 1300 images show that our method performs well and is highly efficient. Moreover, our method shows better performance than a state-of-art method on another data set of hand gestures.
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spelling doaj-art-6ee4e40cee3d4a499785c0cd374635be2025-08-20T03:34:08ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal2356-61401537-744X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/267872267872Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Using Finger SegmentationZhi-hua Chen0Jung-Tae Kim1Jianning Liang2Jing Zhang3Yu-Bo Yuan4Department of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, ChinaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, ChinaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, ChinaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, ChinaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, ChinaHand gesture recognition is very significant for human-computer interaction. In this work, we present a novel real-time method for hand gesture recognition. In our framework, the hand region is extracted from the background with the background subtraction method. Then, the palm and fingers are segmented so as to detect and recognize the fingers. Finally, a rule classifier is applied to predict the labels of hand gestures. The experiments on the data set of 1300 images show that our method performs well and is highly efficient. Moreover, our method shows better performance than a state-of-art method on another data set of hand gestures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/267872
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title Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Using Finger Segmentation
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