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A modified em algorithm for hand gesture segmentation in RGB-D data

  • Zhaojie Ju
  • , Yuehui Wang
  • , Wei Zeng
  • , Haibin Cai
  • , Honghai Liu
  • University of Portsmouth
  • Zhejiang University of Technology

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel method with a modified Expectation-Maximisation (EM) Algorithm to segment hand gestures in the RGB-D data captured by Kinect. With the depth map and RGB image aligned by the genetic algorithm to estimate the key points from both depth and RGB images, a novel approach is proposed to refine the edge of the tracked hand gesture, which is used to segment the RGB image of the hand gestures, by applying a modified EM algorithm based on Bayesian networks. The experimental results demonstrated the modified EM algorithm effectively adjusts the RGB edges of the segmented hand gestures. The proposed methods have potential to improve the performance of hand gesture recognition in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1736-1742
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781479920723
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Sep 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2014 - Beijing, China
Duration: 6 Jul 201411 Jul 2014

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
ISSN (Print)1098-7584

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period6/07/1411/07/14

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