Use of a webcam for movement detection

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

W. R. S. Silva (Author) Other; N. C. Pereti (Author) Other; J. G. Rogeri (Author) Other; A. S. Pereira (Author) Other; N. Marranghello (Author) Other; A. F. Araújo (Author) FEUP; João Manuel R. S. Tavares (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV

Pages: 219-222

Proceedings of the IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2013 (Funchal, Portugal, 14-16 October 2013)

Indexing

ISI Web of Science

Scopus

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology

CORDIS: Technological sciences

Other information

Abstract (EN): Accessibility evolving as a major concern nowadays, the suppression the utilization of a mouse while the user interacts via an interface becomes relevant as well. The work described herein aims at creating a method to control a computer through a webcam, which recognizes the movements of the user hands and moves the cursor accordingly. The proposed method turns out to be reliable and presents a low computational cost being capable of fulfilling the requirements of several applications.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4