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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jakub Segen, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 ; G06K 9/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 ; G06K 9/62 ;
Abstract
An interface method and apparatus using video images of hand gestures. A video signal having a frame image containing regions is input to a processor. A plurality of regions in the frame are defined and screened to locate an image of a hand in one of the regions. The hand image is processed to locate extreme curvature values, such as peaks and valleys, corresponding to predetermined hand positions and gestures. The number of peaks and valleys are then used to identify and correlate a predetermined hand gesture to the hand image for effectuating a particular computer operation or function.