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Continuous hand openness detection using a Kinect-like device

Salvatore SorceAntonio GentileVito Gentile

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Settore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle InformazioniComputer sciencebusiness.industrygesture recognitionmicrosoft kinectSet (abstract data type)3D animationGesture recognitionhuman-computer interactionComputer graphics (images)Openness to experienceComputer visionArtificial intelligencedepth dataClosing (morphology)businessComputer animationGesture

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This paper presents a novel method to reproduce in real time the opening and closing gestures of a human hand, animating a three-dimensional model of it. In other works, this result can be achieved by mapping a set of significant points of a real hand on the corresponding points of the model to animate. We propose an alternative way to produce the same effect without mapping points, but using a level-based estimation of the degree of opening of the hand. The experiments have been executed using Microsoft KinectTM, but the method would work on any other Kinect-like devices (as defined herein). The results obtained are particularly encouraging and demonstrate real-time performance of the system.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/99068