Methods and apparatus for gesture recognition based on templates
US6075895A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/1093
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for recognizing the gesture of the image of a player by identifying a gesture from a set of specific pre-defined gestures. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of retrieving a background image that does not include the player's image, and a current image that includes the player's image and at least a portion of the background image. Then the method removes at least a portion of the background image from the current image to generate the player's image, which is mapped directly to a number of templates to generate a number of template outputs. Finally, the method analyzes the template outputs to identify the specific pre-defined gesture that corresponds to the gesture in the image.
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