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Hand Posture Recognition in a Body-Face Centered Space

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We propose a model for image space discretisation based on face location and on body anthropometry. In this body-face space, a neural network recognizes hand postures. The neural network is a constrained generative model already applied to face detection.

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Marcel, S., Bernier, O. (1999). Hand Posture Recognition in a Body-Face Centered Space. In: Braffort, A., Gherbi, R., Gibet, S., Teil, D., Richardson, J. (eds) Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction. GW 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1739. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46616-9_9

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