Hand posture estimation in complex backgrounds by considering mis-match of model

  • Authors:
  • Akihiro Imai;Nobutaka Shimada;Yoshiaki Shirai

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept.of Computer-Controlled Mechanical Systems, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan;Dept.of Human and Computer Intelligence, Ritumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan;Dept.of Human and Computer Intelligence, Ritumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

  • Venue:
  • ACCV'07 Proceedings of the 8th Asian conference on Computer vision - Volume Part I
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel method of estimating 3-D hand posture from images observed in complex backgrounds. Conventional methods often cause mistakes by mis-matches of local image features. Our method considers possibility of the mis-match between each posture model appearance and the other model appearances in a Baysian stochastic estimation form by introducing a novel likelihood concept "Mistakenly Matching Likelihood (MML)". The correct posture model is discriminated from mis-matches by MML-based posture candidate evaluation. The method is applied to hand tracking problem in complex backgrounds and its effectiveness is shown.