Patent ID: 7844921
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for interfacing with a control object apparatus, comprising: an image input unit configured to input an image including a user's physical part; a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize a posture or a motion of the user's physical part from the image; a control unit configured to control the control object apparatus based on an indication corresponding to the posture or the motion; and a gesture information display unit configured to display an exemplary image of the posture or the motion recognized by the gesture recognition unit, wherein the gesture recognition unit includes a gesture evaluation unit configured to calculate a probability that the posture or the motion is included in each partial region of the image; a candidate region selection unit configured to select at least one partial region having a highest probability as a physical part candidate region; and a gesture decision unit configured to decide that the posture or the motion is included in the physical part candidate region when the probability is above a threshold, which indication the posture or motion included in the physical part candidate region represents, and the gesture information display unit displays the posture or the motion recognized by the gesture recognition unit, the probability that the posture or motion is included in each partial region of the image, and a graph of a probability that the posture or the motion represents each indication.