Gesture recognition apparatus, gesture recognition method, and recording medium

A gesture recognition method for recognizing a gesture of a predetermined operating body, comprising:

• a first step in which correspondence relationships between a plurality of coordinate ranges in relation to the operating body and to a plurality of operation target apparatuses are stored in a storage unit, each of the plurality of coordinate ranges further corresponding to each operation target apparatus of the plurality of operation target apparatuses;
• a second step in which one or more images of the operating body is captured;
• a third step in which coordinates of the operating body is detected based on the one more captured images;
• a fourth step in which an operation target apparatus is selected based on the detected coordinates of the operating body and the stored correspondence relationships;
• and
• a fifth step in which a gesture associated with the detected operating body is recognized based on the one or more captured images corresponding to the selected operation target apparatus.

A recording medium in which a gesture recognition program for recognizing a gesture of a predetermined operating body is recorded, the program causing a computer to function as:

• a coordinate detecting unit configured to detect coordinates of the operating body based on one or more images captured by an image capturing unit;
• an operation target apparatus specifying unit configured to select an operation target apparatus corresponding to the detected coordinates of the operating body and correspondence relationships between a plurality of coordinate ranges in relation to the operating body and a plurality of operation target apparatuses, each of the plurality of coordinate ranges corresponding to one of the plurality of operation target apparatuses, the correspondence relationships being stored in a storage unit;
• and
• an operation processing unit configured to recognize a gesture associated with the operating body based on the one or more captured images and corresponding to the selected operation target apparatus.