Gesture Recognition

What Are Gestures.????

Gestures are an important aspect of human
interaction, both interpersonally and in the
context of man-machine interfaces.
A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication
in which visible bodily actions communicate
particular messages either in place of speech or
together and in parallel with words.
Gestures include movement of the hands, face,
or other parts of the body.

Types of Gestures.:
Gesticulation: Spontaneous movement of the
hands and arms that accompany speech.
Language like gestures: Gesticulation that is
integrated into a spoken utterance, replacing a
particular spoken word or phrase.
Pantomimes: Gestures that depict objects or
actions, with or without accompanying speech.
Emblems: Familiar gestures such as V for
victory, thumbs up, and assorted rude gestures.
Sign Languages: Linguistic systems such as
American sign language which are well defined.

What is Gesture Recognition.??

Interface with computers using gestures of
the human body, typically hand
movements.
Gesture recognition is an important skill
for robots that work closely with humans.
Gesture recognition is especially valuable
in applications involving interaction
human/robot for several reasons.

Gesture sensing technologies:

Contact type:
Touch based gestures.
Non-Contact type:
Device gesture technologies.
Vision based technologies.
Electrical field sensing.

Device gesture technology

Device based techniques
use a glove, stylus or
other position tracker
whose movement send
signals that the systems
uses to identify the
gesture.
The glove is equipped
with a variety of sensors
to provide info about
hand position, orientation,
and flex of fingers.

Vision Based Technology

There are two approaches
to vision based gesture
recognition:
Model based techniques:
They try to create a three
dimensional model of the
users hand and use this
for recognition.
Image based methods:
Image-based techniques
detect a gesture by
capturing pictures of a
users motions during the
course of a gesture.

Electric field sensing.

Proximity of a human
body or body part can be
measured by sensing
electric fields .
These measurements
can be used to measure
the distance of a human
hand or other body part
from an object; this
facilitates a vast range of
applications for a wide
range of industries.

Advantages.

Sign language recognition.

Directional indication through pointing.
Control through facial gestures.
Immersive game technology.
Affective computing.
Gaming control.
Alternative computer interfaces.

Drawbacks.
The cost of implementation.
Such systems are difficult to develop as
each gesture is assigned a specific control
command, this system is not platform
independent since certain control
commands varies as the operating system
varies.

Thank You.