Abstract

Apparatus, methods, systems and devices for identifying and tracking a human hand in a video. The steps for identifying the hand includes detecting parallel lines (bars), detecting curved fingertips (curves), grouping the detected parallel lines and curved fingertips according to a parallel line decision tree and a curved fignertip decision tree, respectively, and merging the parallel line group and the curved fingertip group to identify candidate hands.

Document Type

Patent

Patent Number

US 7,983,448

Application Serial Number

11/753,233

Issue Date

7-19-2011

Current Assignee

UCFRF

Assignee at Issuance

UCFRF

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)

Department

Computer Science

Allowance Date

3-16-2011

Filing Date

5-24-2007

Assignee at Filing

UCFRF

Filing Type

Nonprovisional Application Record

Donated

no

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