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In this paper, we demonstrate the ability to recognize hand gestures in a non-contact, wireless fashion using only incoherent light signals reflected from a human subject. Fundamentally distinguished from radar, lidar and camera-based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-17 Li Yu , Hisham Abuella , Md Zobaer Islam , John F. O'Hara , Christopher Crick , Sabit Ekin

In this study, we present a wireless (non-contact) gesture recognition method using only incoherent light wave signals reflected from a human subject. In comparison to existing radar, light shadow, sound and camera-based sensing systems,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-14 Md Zobaer Islam , Li Yu , Hisham Abuella , John F. O'Hara , Christopher Crick , Sabit Ekin

As robots become increasingly prevalent in both homes and industrial settings, the demand for intuitive and efficient human-machine interaction continues to rise. Gesture recognition offers an intuitive control method that does not require…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Yuqing Song , Cesare Tonola , Stefano Savazzi , Sanaz Kianoush , Nicola Pedrocchi , Stephan Sigg

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar has emerged as a promising sensing modality for human perception due to its robustness under challenging environmental conditions and strong privacy-preserving properties. However, recovering accurate 3D human…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Hoang Hai Pham , Shuntian Zheng , Jiaqi Li , Yu Guan

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the rise of 5G communication networks and automatic driving, millimeter wave (mmWave) sensing is emerging and starts impacting our life and workspace. mmWave sensing can sense…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Jia Zhang , Rui Xi , Yuan He , Yimiao Sun , Xiuzhen Guo , Weiguo Wang , Xin Na , Yunhao Liu , Zhenguo Shi , Tao Gu

The paper proposes a novel feature extraction approach for FMCW radar systems in the field of short-range gesture sensing. A light-weight processing is proposed which reduces a series of 3D radar data cubes to four 1D time signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-23 Thomas Stadelmayer , Avik Santra , Robert Weigel , Fabian Lurz

Most Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) systems require dividing airtime across their two modes. However, the specific impact of this decision on sensing performance remains unclear and underexplored. In this paper, we therefore…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-19 Jakob Struye , Nabeel Nisar Bhat , Siddhartha Kumar , Mohammad Hossein Moghaddam , Jeroen Famaey

A novel, real-time, mm-Wave radar-based static hand shape classification algorithm and implementation are proposed. The method finds several applications in low cost and privacy sensitive touchless control technology using 60 Ghz radar as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Athmanarayanan Lakshmi Narayanan , Asma Beevi K. T , Haoyang Wu , Jingyi Ma , W. Margaret Huang

Our paper presents a robust framework for UWB-based static gesture recognition, leveraging proprietary UWB radar sensor technology. Extensive data collection efforts were undertaken to compile datasets containing five commonly used…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Abhishek Sebastian , Pragna R

Millimeter Wave (mmWave) radar has emerged as a promising modality for speech sensing, offering advantages over traditional microphones. Prior works have demonstrated that radar captures motion signals related to vocal vibrations, but there…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-21 Isabella Lenz , Yu Rong , Daniel Bliss , Julie Liss , Visar Berisha

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology is pivotal for next-generation wireless networks, enabling high-data-rate and low-latency applications such as autonomous vehicles and XR streaming. However, maintaining directional mmWave links in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-15 Ish Kumar Jain , Suriyaa MM , Dinesh Bharadia

Millimeter wave (mmWave) radar sensors play a vital role in hand gesture recognition (HGR) by detecting subtle motions while preserving user privacy. However, the limited scale of radar datasets hinders the performance. Existing synthetic…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Jiaqi Tang , Xinbo Xu , Yinsong Xu , Qingchao Chen

In this paper, an integrated passive sensing and communication system working in 60 GHz band is elaborated, and the sensing performance is investigated in an application of hand gesture recognition. Specifically, in this integrated system,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Jie Li , Chao Yu , Yan Luo , Yifei Sun , Rui Wang

Increasing attention is being paid to millimeter-wave (mmWave), 30 GHz to 300 GHz, and terahertz (THz), 300 GHz to 10 THz, sensing applications including security sensing, industrial packaging, medical imaging, and non-destructive testing.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-28 Josiah Smith

Due to its light and weather-independent sensing, millimeter-wave (MMW) radar is essential in smart environments. Intelligent vehicle systems and industry-grade MMW radars have integrated such capabilities. Industry-grade MMW radars are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Maloy Kumar Devnath , Avijoy Chakma , Mohammad Saeid Anwar , Emon Dey , Zahid Hasan , Marc Conn , Biplab Pal , Nirmalya Roy

Traditional vision-based hand gesture recognition systems is limited under dark circumstances. In this paper, we build a hand gesture recognition system based on microwave transceiver and deep learning algorithm. A Doppler radar sensor with…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-11-23 Jiajun Zhang , Zhiguo Shi

FMCW radar could detect object's range, speed and Angleof-Arrival, advantages are robust to bad weather, good range resolution, and good speed resolution. In this paper, we consider the FMCW radar as a novel interacting interface on laptop.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-08-29 Xiaodong Cai , Jingyi Ma , Wei Liu , Hemin Han , Lili Ma

Hand gesture recognition has long been a hot topic in human computer interaction. Traditional camera-based hand gesture recognition systems cannot work properly under dark circumstances. In this paper, a Doppler Radar based hand gesture…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-23 Jiajun Zhang , Jinkun Tao , Jiangtao Huangfu , Zhiguo Shi

Nowadays, hand gesture recognition has become an alternative for human-machine interaction. It has covered a large area of applications like 3D game technology, sign language interpreting, VR (virtual reality) environment, and robotics. But…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-28 Abir Sen , Tapas Kumar Mishra , Ratnakar Dash

The millimeter wave (mmWave) bands have attracted considerable attention for high precision localization applications due to the ability to capture high angular and temporal resolution measurements. This paper explores mmWave-based…