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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Mihai Fagadar-Cosma, Antwerp, BE;
Moulay Fadili, Cergy, FR;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for recognizing gestures within a two-dimensional video stream for use in conference situations and the like, comprising the step of performing a skin-recognition within a screen of the video stream for recognizing skin parts, identifying at least one body part within the recognized skin parts, monitoring a state of at least one predefined screen area in respect to the at least one body part, and providing a control signal indicating a detected gesture upon detection of a change of state. The present invention further relates to a gesture detector adapted to perform the above method, a presentation system comprising the above gesture detector and a video camera device comprising a video camera and the above gesture detector.