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Method and device for segmenting hand gestures

US6256400A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1999
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/20
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of segmenting hand gestures which automatically segments hand gestures to be detected into words or apprehensible units structured by a plurality of words when recognizing the hand gestures without the user's presentation where to segment. Transition feature data in which a feature of a transition gesture being not observed during a gesture representing a word but is described when transiting from a gesture to another is previously stored. Thereafter, a motion of image corresponding to the part of body in which the transition gesture is observed is detected (step S106), the detected motion of image is compared with the transition feature data (step S107), and a time position where the transition gesture is observed is determined so as to segment the hand gestures (step S108).

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