UDK 004.932
ALGORITHM OF HAND GESTURE RECOGNITION BASED ON SKELETON MODEL OF HAND
A. V. Nosov
Siberian State Aerospace University named after academician M. F. Reshetnev 31, Krasnoyarsky Rabochy Av., Krasnoyarsk, 660014, Russian Federation E-mail: alexander@nosov.org
The task of hand gesture recognition in the context of image is considered in this article. Hand segmentation method, based on analysis color skin in the YCrCb color model is used. Following terms are defined: “Topological skeleton of polygonal figure”, “radial function of topological skeleton”, “maximum empty circle”. Gestures recognition method based on the topological skeleton analysis and extraction essential for recognition features is offered. Center palm term is introduced and its calculation method based on the topological skeleton is offered. Moreover this article describes fingers origin and finger-tips coordinates calculation method based on the topological skeleton and its radial function value.
image processing, hand gesture recognition, image segmentation, topological skeletons.
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Nosov Alexander Vladimirovich – postgraduate student, Siberian State Aerospace University named after acade-mician M. F. Reshetnev. E-mail: alexander@nosov.org