Ten different feature vectors are tested in a gesture recognition task which utilizes 3D data gathered in real-time from stereo video cameras, and HMMs for learning and recognition of gestures. Results indicate velocity features are superior to positional features, and partial rotational invariance is sufficient for good performance.
Index Terms:
feature extraction; gesture recognition; feature vectors; 3D data; stereo video cameras; HMMs; learning; recognition; partial rotational invariance; velocity features
Citation:
L.W. Campbell, D.A. Becker, A. Azarbayejani, A.F. Bobick, A. Pentland, "Invariant features for 3-D gesture recognition," fg, pp.157, Second IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG '96), 1996