Computer Vision Based Recognition of Hand Gestures for Human-Computer Interaction

This paper describes a project that explores computer vision based analysis of hand gestures for developing new forms of HCI. A prototype for remote control of home electronics, such as TV and CD-player, has been developed. Pie- and marking menus are used to create the gesture command set. Initial user tests points to problems of fatigue and difficulties with using free gestures for marking menus. These problems are currently being addressed in the project.