Saturday, May 3, 2008

Television Control by Hand Gestures

Television Control by Hand Gestures

Weissman and Freeman present an early gesture recognition system. Using hand tracking through video, they determine where the users hand is by applying a hand template to the image. They overlay a control gui on the TV screen which the user manipulates by moving his hand. The hand is displayed on the gui and acts like a buttonless mouse. Closing the hand ends the manipulation.

Discussion
This shows how gesture input started. It is a very simple interface with relatively simple tracking and interaction methods.

Reference

Television Control by Hand Gestures. William T. Freeman, Craig D. Weissman. TR94-24 December 1994

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