Abstract

Hand gesture is an innovative technique of interaction between human and computer. As

compared to existing techniques, hand gesture technique has the advantage of being easy to use. By
using this technique, the traditional way of using mouse and keyboard will be change because one can
then interact with the computer with hand gestures. The purpose of gesture recognition in Computers
has always been the minimization of the distance between the physical world and the digital world.
The way humans interact among themselves could be implemented in communication with the digital
world by interpreting gestures via mathematical algorithm. Numerous ways and algorithms have been
proposed and implemented to achieve the goal of gesture recognition and its use in communicating
with the digital world. Gestures can be tracked using hand movements, web cam and laptop inbuilt
camera. This paper describes a vision-based tracking system for identifying hand gestures for use in
controlling computer programs, such as browsers, Power point, mouse cursor or any other applications.

Existing System
The various HCI Interfaces that are being used since earlier times having some demerits. They
block the improvement of computer dependent devices or systems. It is now a general tendency to
lessen human efforts and overcome the usual, traditionally being used computer dependent devices.
There are various technologies which uses different sensors and hardware to control computers.
Instrumented data glove approach involves the use of sensor devices to recognize the hand gestures
Sixth Sense Technology is a wearable gestural interface. Coloured Markers approaches are gloves that
are worn by the human hand.
Disadvantages
 Using hardware like sensor in controlling computer interaction is costly.
 Using gloves is not comfortable for users to control the system.
 Consume more power when using sensor and microcontroller to control a computer

Propose System
The proposed system is used to control the mouse cursor and implement its function using a real-time
camera. We implemented mouse movement, selection of the icons and its functions like right, left, double
click and scrolling. This system is based on image comparison and motion detection technology to do mouse
pointer movements and selection of icon. The proposed system is a real time video processing that is based
on a real time application system. This can replace one of the traditionally used input device i.e. mouse so that
simply by using the hand gestures the user will be able to interact naturally with their computer. The goal is
two fold. First, gesture recognition can complement other forms of human computer interaction (such as
keyboard, mouse, and voice), but provides such control at a distance without touch. Second, it can be used as
a convenient computer interface to the millions of people who are unable to adequately use typical computer
interaction techniques. The system uses a standard windows PC and an inexpensive commercially available
USB camera. This arrangement does not require any connection to the user.

Advantages
 There are no moving parts, so device wear is not an issue.
 A gesture recognition system could control a number of multimedia devices through the
implementation of a set of intuitive gestures.
 The gestures recognized by the system would be designed to be those that seem natural to users,
thereby decreasing the learning time required.
 Useful in presentations and to reduce work space.
 Using this technique, it is easy to interact with the computer and there is no language barrier.
 This technology can be used in classroom for easier and interactive learning, immersive gaming,
interacting with virtual objects on screen.