A Six-Degree-of-Freedom Virtual Mouse Based on Hand Gestures

Author

Wang, Xingfeng ; Qin, Kaihuai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

25-27 June 2010

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

260

Abstract

The virtual mouse is an important research topic in HCI (Human Computer Interaction) technology, and the most popular method is based on hand gestures. In this paper, a six-degree-of-freedom virtual mouse based on hand gestures is presented using an inexpensive USB webcam. The hand tracking and gesture recognition framework includes the motion, skin color and finger information of the hand. It can even provide computer access for the disabled people who cannot bend their fingers at all with severe disabilities. The experiments show that the system has good interactive input functions in real time.

Keywords

gesture recognition; handicapped aids; human computer interaction; mouse controllers (computers); HCI; finger information; gesture recognition framework; hand gestures; hand tracking; human computer interaction technology; inexpensive USB webcam; interactive input functions; motion information; six-degree-of-freedom virtual mouse; skin color information; Fingers; Image color analysis; Interference; Mice; Pixel; Skin; Thumb; hand gesture; recognition; six-degree-of-freedom; tracking; virtual mouse;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6880-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/iCECE.2010.69

Filename

5630501