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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Arcsoft Corporation Limited, Hangzhou, CN;
Zhiwei Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;
Chen Tang, Hangzhou, CN;
Mingming Zhu, Hangzhou, CN;
Ping Ye, Hangzhou, CN;
Jin Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
ArcSoft Corporation Limited, Hangzhou, CN;
Abstract
A method and device for use in hand gesture recognition is applicable to image processing. The method includes: acquiring a depth map of a hand in a current image; estimating first positions of joints of the hand according to the depth map of the hand; creating a 3D point cloud of the hand according to the depth map of the hand; matching the first position of the joints of the hand and a stored 3D hand model to the 3D point cloud of the hand to obtain second positions of the joints and first degree of freedom parameters of the joints; and recognizing the hand's gestures according to the second positions of the joints and the first degree of freedom parameters of the joints. The method achieves a practical hand gesture recognition technique and recognizes hand gestures accurately.