Hand gesture recognition is a popular topic in computer vision and makes human-computer interaction more flexible and convenient.The representation of hand gestures is critical for recognition.In this paper,we propose...Hand gesture recognition is a popular topic in computer vision and makes human-computer interaction more flexible and convenient.The representation of hand gestures is critical for recognition.In this paper,we propose a new method to measure the similarity between hand gestures and exploit it for hand gesture recognition.The depth maps of hand gestures captured via the Kinect sensors are used in our method,where the 3D hand shapes can be segmented from the cluttered backgrounds.To extract the pattern of salient 3D shape features,we propose a new descriptor-3D Shape Context,for 3D hand gesture representation.The 3D Shape Context information of each 3D point is obtained in multiple scales because both local shape context and global shape distribution are necessary for recognition.The description of all the 3D points constructs the hand gesture representation,and hand gesture recognition is explored via dynamic time warping algorithm.Extensive experiments are conducted on multiple benchmark datasets.The experimental results verify that the proposed method is robust to noise,articulated variations,and rigid transformations.Our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in the comparisons of accuracy and efficiency.展开更多
The field of vision-based human hand three-dimensional(3D)shape and pose estimation has attracted significant attention recently owing to its key role in various applications,such as natural human computer interaction...The field of vision-based human hand three-dimensional(3D)shape and pose estimation has attracted significant attention recently owing to its key role in various applications,such as natural human computer interactions.With the availability of large-scale annotated hand datasets and the rapid developments of deep neural networks(DNNs),numerous DNN-based data-driven methods have been proposed for accurate and rapid hand shape and pose estimation.Nonetheless,the existence of complicated hand articulation,depth and scale ambiguities,occlusions,and finger similarity remain challenging.In this study,we present a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art 3D hand shape and pose estimation approaches using RGB-D cameras.Related RGB-D cameras,hand datasets,and a performance analysis are also discussed to provide a holistic view of recent achievements.We also discuss the research potential of this rapidly growing field.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61773272,61976191)the Six Talent Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province,China(XYDXX-053)Suzhou Research Project of Technical Innovation,Jiangsu,China(SYG201711)。
文摘Hand gesture recognition is a popular topic in computer vision and makes human-computer interaction more flexible and convenient.The representation of hand gestures is critical for recognition.In this paper,we propose a new method to measure the similarity between hand gestures and exploit it for hand gesture recognition.The depth maps of hand gestures captured via the Kinect sensors are used in our method,where the 3D hand shapes can be segmented from the cluttered backgrounds.To extract the pattern of salient 3D shape features,we propose a new descriptor-3D Shape Context,for 3D hand gesture representation.The 3D Shape Context information of each 3D point is obtained in multiple scales because both local shape context and global shape distribution are necessary for recognition.The description of all the 3D points constructs the hand gesture representation,and hand gesture recognition is explored via dynamic time warping algorithm.Extensive experiments are conducted on multiple benchmark datasets.The experimental results verify that the proposed method is robust to noise,articulated variations,and rigid transformations.Our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in the comparisons of accuracy and efficiency.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFB1004600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61502187,61876211)the National Science Foundation Grant CNS(1951952).
文摘The field of vision-based human hand three-dimensional(3D)shape and pose estimation has attracted significant attention recently owing to its key role in various applications,such as natural human computer interactions.With the availability of large-scale annotated hand datasets and the rapid developments of deep neural networks(DNNs),numerous DNN-based data-driven methods have been proposed for accurate and rapid hand shape and pose estimation.Nonetheless,the existence of complicated hand articulation,depth and scale ambiguities,occlusions,and finger similarity remain challenging.In this study,we present a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art 3D hand shape and pose estimation approaches using RGB-D cameras.Related RGB-D cameras,hand datasets,and a performance analysis are also discussed to provide a holistic view of recent achievements.We also discuss the research potential of this rapidly growing field.
