Patent ID: 8917906

Claim:
A motion recognition apparatus comprising: an event sensor configured to sense a portion of an object in motion, and output a plurality of events based on positions of target sensing units of the event sensor at which the motion is sensed, wherein the event sensor comprises a plurality of sensing units and, among the plurality of sensing units, the target sensing units, which correspond to the portion where the motion occurs, output the events; a color sensor configured to photograph the object and output a color image; a motion area check unit configured to determine a motion area which refers to an area where the motion occurs, using spatiotemporal correlations among the plurality of events, the spatiotemporal corrections being determined based on the events output from the target sensing units; a shape recognition unit configured to recognize color information and shape information of an area corresponding to the motion area in the color image; a motion estimation unit configured to estimate a motion trajectory using the motion area, the color information, and the shape information; and an operation pattern determination unit configured to determine an operation pattern of the portion where the motion occurs, based on the estimated motion trajectory.