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Apparatus, method and computer program for recognizing a gesture in a picture, and apparatus, method and computer program for controlling a device

US8570383B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Frank Klefenz · Mannheim, DE
Valiantsin Hardzeyeu · Ilmenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2011
Grant date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V10/48
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for recognizing gestures in a picture includes a Hough transformer configured to identify elements in the picture or in a pre-processed version of the picture as identified gesture elements and to obtain information about the identified gesture elements.The apparatus further includes a gesture description creator configured to obtain a gesture description while using the information about the identified gesture elements.Moreover, the apparatus includes a gesture classifier configured to compare the gesture description to a plurality of comparative gesture descriptions having gesture codes associated with them. The gesture classifier is configured to provide, as the result of the comparison, a gesture code of a recognized gesture.

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