Control a 2-axis servomechanism by gesture recognition using a generic webcam

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2005

Authors

João Manuel R. S. Tavares (Author) FEUP; Ferreira, R (Author) Other; Freitas, F (Author) Other

Journal

Title: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Vol. 2 No. 1

Pages: 039-040

ISSN: 1729-8806

Publisher: SAGE

Indexing

Scopus - 1 Citation

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-CPY

Abstract (EN): This paper presents two approaches used to control a 2-axis servomechanism by gesture recognition. For both approaches, the adopted control philosophy was: In the system's learning phase, the control images are acquired by a generic webcam and associated to the desired orders. On the other hand, in the working phase, each control image is acquired, by the same webcam and, by comparison with the stored orders images, the desired order is recognized and processed by the servomechanism in quasi real time. In this paper, the used servomechanism and both implemented approaches are described, and are indicated some advantages and weakness of each one. Two examples of images control sets are also presented, and some conclusions and future works are addressed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific