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US 2012/0235903 A1Published application
Apparatus and a method for gesture recognition
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSoungmin IM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for gesture recognition and an apparatus for gesture recognition carrying out the method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for gesture recognition recognizing a finger gesture by using depth information and an apparatus for gesture recognition carrying out the method.
Claims34
1-26. (canceled)
An apparatus for gesture recognition, comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- obtain, via a 3D camera, a first image having first depth information and a second image having second depth information, wherein each of the first and second images includes at least a part of a hand respectively,
- identify a finger gesture for remotely controlling an operation of the apparatus by the hand based on a difference between the first depth information and the second depth information, and
- perform the operation according to the identified finger gesture.
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A method for controlling an apparatus for gesture recognition, the apparatus including a controller, the method comprising:
- obtaining, via a 3D camera communicating with the controller, a first image having first depth information and a second image having second depth information, wherein each of the first and second images includes at least a part of a hand respectively;
- identifying, by the controller, a finger gesture for remotely controlling an operation of the apparatus by the hand based on a difference between the first depth information and the second depth information;
- and
- performing, by the controller, the operation according to the identified finger gesture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.