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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Yuki Hanzawa, Nara, JP;
Takashi Ohta, Ritto, JP;
Kazuya Urabe, Kusatsu, JP;
Shun Sakai, Kusatsu, JP;
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
A gesture recognition device configured to detect a gesture from acquired image and generate command issued to a control target instrument according to the gesture, the gesture recognition device comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a gesture acquisition unit configured to detect a target region performing a gesture from the acquired image, and acquire the gesture based on motion or a shape of the detected target region; a face detection unit configured to detect a face comprised in the acquired image; a correlation unit configured to correlate the detected target region with the detected face using a human body model representing a shape of a human body; a personal identification unit configured to identify a user corresponding to the detected face; and a command generation unit configured to generate a command issued to the control target instrument based on the identified user and the acquired gesture.