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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
May. 06, 2019
Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Chia-Ta Hsieh, New Taipei, TW;
Ting-Feng Ju, New Taipei, TW;
Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A gesture recognition method and a gesture recognition device are provided. The gesture recognition method includes the steps of: obtaining a hand image including a gesture graphic; determining a reference point in the gesture graphic; determining circular arc reference lines by using the reference point as a center; determining intersection points of each of the circular arc reference lines intersecting with a boundary of the gesture graphic; determining whether at least two finger blocks of a plurality of finger blocks of the gesture graphic conform to an approaching trend according to the circular arc reference lines and the intersection points, and determining whether the at least two finger blocks in a selected range of the gesture graphic forms a continuous graphic block; and when the at least two finger blocks of the gesture graphic conform to the approaching trend and form the continuous graphic block, determining the hand image as a hand pinch image.