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Accurate and real-time hand gesture recognition is essential for controlling advanced hand prostheses. Surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals obtained from the forearm are widely used for this purpose. Here, we introduce a novel hand…
In this paper, we propose a new architecture named Rotation-invariant Mixed Graphical Model Network (R-MGMN) to solve the problem of 2D hand pose estimation from a monocular RGB image. By integrating a rotation net, the R-MGMN is invariant…
Robot grasping, whether handling isolated objects, cluttered items, or stacked objects, plays a critical role in industrial and service applications. However, current visual grasp detection methods based on Convolutional Neural Networks…
In this thesis a new approach for touch detection on optical multi-touch devices is proposed that exploits the fact that the camera images reveal not only the actual touch points but also objects above the screen such as the hand or arm of…
Sensor-based human activity recognition is a key technology for many human-centered intelligent applications. However, this research is still in its infancy and faces many unresolved challenges. To address these, we propose a comprehensive…
Sensor-based Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has attracted increasing attention in medical and healthcare monitoring, particularly with the growth of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). However, in real-world wearable sensing scenarios,…
IMUs are gaining significant importance in the field of hand gesture analysis, trajectory detection and kinematic functional study. An Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) consists of tri-axial accelerometers and gyroscopes which can together be…
Despite remarkable progress in image generation models, generating realistic hands remains a persistent challenge due to their complex articulation, varying viewpoints, and frequent occlusions. We present FoundHand, a large-scale…
Spatial Transformer Networks (STNs) estimate image transformations that can improve downstream tasks by `zooming in' on relevant regions in an image. However, STNs are hard to train and sensitive to mis-predictions of transformations. To…
Hand gesture-based sign language recognition (SLR) is one of the most advanced applications of machine learning, and computer vision uses hand gestures. Although, in the past few years, many researchers have widely explored and studied how…
Acquiring spatio-temporal states of an action is the most crucial step for action classification. In this paper, we propose a data level fusion strategy, Motion Fused Frames (MFFs), designed to fuse motion information into static images as…
The use of hand gestures can be a useful tool for many applications in the human-computer interaction community. In a broad range of areas hand gesture techniques can be applied specifically in sign language recognition, robotic surgery,…
This paper presents a novel approach for ultra-range gesture recognition, addressing Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) challenges over extended distances. By leveraging human gestures in video data, we propose the Temporal-Spatiotemporal Fusion…
In cases of serious crime, including sexual abuse, often the only available information with demonstrated potential for identification is images of the hands. Since this evidence is captured in uncontrolled situations, it is difficult to…
This study uses domain randomization to generate a synthetic RGB-D dataset for training multimodal instance segmentation models, aiming to achieve colour-agnostic hand localization in cluttered industrial environments. Domain randomization…
Hand gestures have evolved into a natural and intuitive means of engaging with technology. The objective of this research is to develop a robust system that can accurately recognize and classify hand gestures representing numbers. The…
Contactless hand pose estimation requires sensors that provide precise spatial information and low computational complexity for real-time processing. Unlike vision-based systems, radar offers lighting independence and direct motion…
We propose an approach to estimate arm and hand dynamics from monocular video by utilizing the relationship between arm and hand. Although monocular full human motion capture technologies have made great progress in recent years, recovering…
Hand pose estimation is difficult due to different environmental conditions, object- and self-occlusion as well as diversity in hand shape and appearance. Exhaustively covering this wide range of factors in fully annotated datasets has…
Hand gesture is one of the most important means of touchless communication between human and machines. There is a great interest for commanding electronic equipment in surgery rooms by hand gesture for reducing the time of surgery and the…