Gesture recognition systems
US11237637B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing gesture recognition. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes the steps of receiving one or more raw frames from one or more cameras, each of the one or more raw frames representing a time sequence of images, determining one or more regions of the one or more received raw frames that comprise highly textured regions, segmenting the one or more determined highly textured regions in accordance textured features thereof to determine one or more segments thereof, determining one or more regions of the one or more received raw frames that comprise other than highly textured regions, and segmenting the one or more determined other than highly textured regions in accordance with color thereof to determine one or more segments thereof. One or more of the segments are then tracked through the one or more raw frames representing the time sequence of images.
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