Human Computer Interaction Using Hand Gestures

• Main Author: Premaratne, Prashan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Cognitive Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; Computer graphics.; Computational intelligence.; Engineering design.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Computational Intelligence.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Engineering Design.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Human computer interaction (HCI) plays a vital role in bridging the 'Digital Divide', bringing people closer to consumer electronics control in the 'lounge'. Keyboards and mouse or remotes do alienate old and new generations alike from control interfaces. Hand Gesture Recognition...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter Description
• Historical Development of Hand Gesture Recognition
• Pre-processing
• Feature Extraction
• Effective Hand Gesture Classification Approaches
• Sign Languages of the World
• Future Trends in Hand Gesture Recognition.