Apparatus, method, and medium for tracking gesture

#This application claims priority benefit from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0108510 filed on Nov. 3, 2006 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

#1. Field

#Embodiments relate to an apparatus, a method, and a medium for tracking a gesture. More particularly, embodiments relate to an apparatus, a method, and a medium for tracking a gesture, wherein, after a user is positioned, a specific part of the user's body is tracked continuously.

#These and/or other aspects, features, and advantages will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of exemplary embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

#FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a process of tracking a user's gesture according to an exemplary embodiment;

#FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a gesture-tracking apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

#Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. Exemplary embodiments are described below by referring to the figures.

#FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a process of tracking a user's gesture according to an exemplary embodiment.

#An apparatus 200 for tracking a user's gesture (hereinafter, referred to as a gesture-tracking apparatus) is adapted to recognize the user's gesture and transmit a function (control) signal, which corresponds to the recognized gesture, to an apparatus 150 for performing a predetermined function (hereinafter, referred to as a function-performing apparatus), which is connected to the gesture-tracking apparatus 200, so that the function-performing apparatus 150 performs the predetermined function. The predetermined function may also be referred to as a predetermined operation.