Title :
A method of hand tracking based on articulated model
Author :
Zhou, Hang ; Ruan, Qiuqi
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf. Sci., Northern Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper, we discuss hand modeling, constraint analysis and associated tracking. We take advantage of several correlations between joint rotations in the hand to reduce the number of degrees of freedom in the model and provide a simple and intuitive model. In the second step, an improved tracking algorithm is proposed to detect the region of the fingers. The temporal evolution of the probability density is achieved through sampling from the prior distribution, followed by local optimization of the sample positions to obtain updated modes. It is a good precondition for gesture recognition.
Keywords :
constraint theory; feature extraction; gesture recognition; image sampling; maximum likelihood estimation; motion estimation; optimisation; probability; tracking; DoF; articulated model; constraint analysis; degrees of freedom; finger region detection; gesture recognition; hand modeling; hand tracking; joint rotations; likelihood; local optimization; prior distribution; probability density; sample positions; sampling; scaled prismatic models; temporal evolution; Biological system modeling; Bones; Fingers; Humans; Information analysis; Information science; Joints; Q measurement; Tracking; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing, 2002 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7488-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICOSP.2002.1179947