Low-cost finger gesture recognition system for disabled and elderly people

Comparative framework for vision‐based gesturing modes and implementation of robust colour‐marker detector for practical environments

“…Gesture-based computer applications can ease or replace many traditional devices such as the mouse, keyboard, and electrical remotes, without the need for any physical contact or sometimes even without moving from one's location. Such kind of system can be highly beneficial for assisted living applications [1], intelligent wheelchair [2,3], users with motion-impaired conditions [4], elderly people [5,6] and so on. However, a study by Wachs et al [7] briefed that some aspects such as lexicon size, gesturing device, ease of gesturing, target user and so on may influence the application of such gesture-based system in practical applications.…”