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Real-time measurement of pointing action by using DSP

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This paper presents an approach of measuring in real-time the vector of finger that is pointing to an object. DSP is used in the operation processing unit in order to do the real-time processing. The steps include the extraction of flesh-colored regions from an image, the labeling of the flesh-colored regions, and the detection of two characteristic positions on the finger so that the direction that the finger is pointing at will be calculated. The entire process takes about 29 msec, which makes it possible to have the frame rate of 34 fps. With this frame rate, this measurement approach is considered real-time and promising to be merged into other application systems.

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  1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawadu, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan

    Takeshi Shiofuku, Norihiro Abe & Yoshihiro Tabuchi

  2. Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan

    Hirokazu Taki

  3. Eastman Kodak Company, Texas, USA

    Shoujie He

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  1. Takeshi Shiofuku
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  2. Norihiro Abe
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Correspondence to Takeshi Shiofuku.

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This work was presented in part at the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 31–February 2, 2008

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Shiofuku, T., Abe, N., Tabuchi, Y. et al. Real-time measurement of pointing action by using DSP. Artif Life Robotics 13, 290–293 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-008-0589-2

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