Image processor comprising gesture recognition system with computationally-efficient static hand pose recognition

Abstract

An image processing system comprises an image processor having image processing circuitry and an associated memory. The image processor is configured to implement a gesture recognition system comprising a static pose recognition module. The static pose recognition module is configured to identify a hand region of interest in at least one image, to perform a skeletonization operation on the hand region of interest, to determine a main direction of the hand region of interest utilizing a result of the skeletonization operation, to perform a scanning operation on the hand region of interest utilizing the determined main direction to estimate a plurality of hand features that are substantially invariant to hand orientation, and to recognize a static pose of the hand region of interest based on the estimated hand features.

Aleksandr Petiushko Александр Петюшко
Aleksandr Petiushko Александр Петюшко
Sr. Director, Head of AI Research / Adjunct Professor / PhD

Principal R&D Researcher (15+ years of experience), R&D Technical Leader (10+ years of experience), and R&D Manager (8+ years of experience). Running and managing industrial research and academic collaboration (35+ publications, 30+ patents). Hiring and transforming AI/ML teams. Inspired by theoretical computer science and how it changes the world.