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Wearable health devices have a strong demand in real-time biomedical signal processing. However traditional methods often require data transmission to centralized processing unit with substantial computational resources after collecting it…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-07 Yuqi Ding , Elisa Donati , Haobo Li , Hadi Heidari

We introduce a simple but effective technique in automatic hand gesture recognition using radar. The proposed technique classifies hand gestures based on the envelopes of their micro-Doppler signatures. These envelopes capture the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-11 Moeness G. Amin , Zhengxin Zeng , Tao Shan

Development of advance surface Electromyogram (sEMG)-based Human-Machine Interface (HMI) systems is of paramount importance to pave the way towards emergence of futuristic Cyber-Physical-Human (CPH) worlds. In this context, the main focus…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-07 Mansooreh Montazerin , Elahe Rahimian , Farnoosh Naderkhani , S. Farokh Atashzar , Hamid Alinejad-Rokny , Arash Mohammadi

This work proposes a low-power high-accuracy embedded hand-gesture recognition algorithm targeting battery-operated wearable devices using low power short-range RADAR sensors. A 2D Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) using range frequency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-07 Moritz Scherer , Michele Magno , Jonas Erb , Philipp Mayer , Manuel Eggimann , Luca Benini

In modern on-driving computing environments, many sensors are used for context-aware applications. This paper utilizes two deep learning models, U-Net and EfficientNet, which consist of a convolutional neural network (CNN), to detect hand…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-08 Hankyul Baek , Yoo Jeong , Ha , Minjae Yoo , Soyi Jung , Joongheon Kim

Radar-based human activity recognition (HAR) is attractive for unobtrusive and privacy-preserving monitoring, yet many CNN/RNN solutions remain too heavy for edge deployment, and even lightweight ViT/SSM variants often exceed practical…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Yizhuo Wu , Francesco Fioranelli , Chang Gao

We propose a novel low-complexity lidar gesture recognition system for mobile robot control robust to gesture variation. Our system uses a modular approach, consisting of a pose estimation module and a gesture classifier. Pose estimates are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-18 Simon Chamorro , Jack Collier , François Grondin

Advancements in Biological Signal Processing (BSP) and Machine-Learning (ML) models have paved the path for development of novel immersive Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI). In this context, there has been a surge of significant interest in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Soheil Zabihi , Elahe Rahimian , Amir Asif , Arash Mohammadi

Gestures are an integral part of our daily interactions with the environment. Hand gesture recognition (HGR) is the process of interpreting human intent through various input modalities, such as visual data (images and videos) and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Soroush Baghernezhad , Elaheh Mohammadreza , Vinicius Prado da Fonseca , Ting Zou , Xianta Jiang

Hand gestures recognition (HGR) is one of the main areas of research for the engineers, scientists and bioinformatics. HGR is the natural way of Human Machine interaction and today many researchers in the academia and industry are working…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2013-03-12 Ankit Chaudhary , J. L. Raheja , Karen Das , Sonia Raheja

Gesture recognition is a very essential technology for many wearable devices. While previous algorithms are mostly based on statistical methods including the hidden Markov model, we develop two dynamic hand gesture recognition techniques…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-08-16 Sungho Shin , Wonyong Sung

Radar-based Human Activity Recognition (HAR) offers privacy and robustness over camera-based methods, yet remains computationally demanding for edge deployment. We present the first use of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) for radar-based HAR…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Riccardo Mazzieri , Eleonora Cicciarella , Jacopo Pegoraro , Federico Corradi , Michele Rossi

Most existing hand gesture recognition (HGR) systems are limited to a predefined set of gestures. However, users and developers often want to recognize new, unseen gestures. This is challenging due to the vast diversity of all plausible…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-21 Esha Uboweja , David Tian , Qifei Wang , Yi-Chun Kuo , Joe Zou , Lu Wang , George Sung , Matthias Grundmann

Hand gestures play a significant role in human interactions where non-verbal intentions, thoughts and commands are conveyed. In Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), hand gestures offer a similar and efficient medium for conveying clear and rapid…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Eran Bamani , Eden Nissinman , Inbar Meir , Lisa Koenigsberg , Avishai Sintov

We present an advance in wearable technology: a mobile-optimized, real-time, ultra-low-power event camera system that enables natural hand gesture control for smart glasses, dramatically improving user experience. While hand gesture…

As the quantities of data recorded by embedded edge sensors grow, so too does the need for intelligent local processing. Such data often comes in the form of time-series signals, based on which real-time predictions can be made locally…

In considering human-machine interface (HMI) for smart environment, a simple but effective method is proposed for automatic arm motion recognition with a Doppler radar sensor. Arms, in lieu of hands, have stronger radar cross-section and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-16 Zhengxin Zeng , Moeness Amin , Tao Shan

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

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

Hand gestures are a form of non-verbal communication that is used in social interaction and it is therefore required for more natural human-robot interaction. Neuromorphic (brain-inspired) computing offers a low-power solution for Spiking…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-26 Muhammad Aitsam , Alessandro Di Nuovo