Human Computer Interaction Using Hand Gestures (Cognitive Science and Technology)

"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 systems bring hope of connecting people with machines in a natural way. This will lead to consumers being able to use their hands naturally to communicate with any electronic equipment in their 'lounge.' This monograph will include the state of the art hand gesture recognition approaches and how they evolved from their inception. The author would also detail his research in this area for the past 8 years and how the future might turn out to be using HCI. This monograph will serve as a valuable guide for researchers (who would endeavour into) in the world of HCI." -- Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-4 Historical Development of Hand Gesture Recognition....Pages 5-29 Pre-processing....Pages 31-73 Feature Extraction....Pages 75-103 Effective Hand Gesture Classification Approaches....Pages 105-143 Sign Languages of the World....Pages 145-169 Future Trends in Hand Gesture Recognition....Pages 171-174 As well as covering state-of-the-art approaches to computer hand gesture recognition, this work is a valuable primer for researchers aiming to move into the world of HCI. Written by experts, it shows how HCI is transforming our relations with technology