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ACII
2005
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Simulated Annealing Based Hand Tracking in a Discrete Space
Hand tracking is a challenging problem due to the complexity of searching in a 20+ degrees of freedom (DOF) space for an optimal estimation of hand configuration. This paper repres...
Wei Liang, Yunde Jia, Yang Liu, Cheng Ge
ACII
2005
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Hand Motion Recognition for the Vision-based Taiwanese Sign Language Interpretation
In this paper we present a system to recognize the hand motion of Taiwanese Sign Language (TSL) using the Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) through a vision-based interface. Our hand mot...
Chia-Shiuan Cheng, Pi-Fuei Hsieh, Chung-Hsien Wu
GW
2003
Springer
183views Biometrics» more  GW 2003»
13 years 9 months ago
A Dynamic Model for Real-Time Tracking of Hands in Bimanual Movements
Abstract. The problem of hand tracking in the presence of occlusion is addressed. In bimanual movements the hands tend to be synchronised effortlessly. Different aspects of this sy...
Atid Shamaie, Alistair Sutherland
ICMI
2004
Springer
179views Biometrics» more  ICMI 2004»
13 years 10 months ago
Visual touchpad: a two-handed gestural input device
This paper presents the Visual Touchpad, a low-cost vision-based input device that allows for fluid two-handed interactions with desktop PCs, laptops, public kiosks, or large wall...
Shahzad Malik, Joseph Laszlo
WACV
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Automatic 2D Hand Tracking in Video Sequences
In gesture and sign language video sequences, hand motion tends to be rapid, and hands frequently appear in front of each other or in front of the face. Thus, hand location is oft...
Quan Yuan, Stan Sclaroff, Vassilis Athitsos
PSIVT
2007
Springer
354views Multimedia» more  PSIVT 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
Real-Time Hand Gesture Detection and Recognition Using Boosted Classifiers and Active Learning
In this article a robust and real-time hand gesture detection and recognition system for dynamic environments is proposed. The system is based on the use of boosted classifiers for...
Hardy Francke, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Vers...
ACHI
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Enhancing Multi-user Interaction with Multi-touch Tabletop Displays Using Hand Tracking
A rear-projection multi-touch tabletop display was augmented with hand tracking utilizing computer vision techniques. While both touch detection and hand tracking can be independe...
K. C. Dohse, Thomas Dohse, Jeremiah D. Still, Derr...
ICCV
2009
IEEE
3167views Computer Vision» more  ICCV 2009»
14 years 9 months ago
Tracking a Hand Manipulating an Object
We present a method for tracking a hand while it is interacting with an object. This setting is arguably the one where hand-tracking has most practical relevance, but poses signi...
Henning Hamer, Konrad Schindler, Esther Koller-Mei...