Dynamic disparity adjustment and histogram-based filtering of range data for fast 3-D hand tracking

Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 550-565

  Tsap, Leonid V ^a   Shin, Min C ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic disparity adjustment; Hand tracking; Histogram based filtering; Human computer interaction; Motion analysis; Range data; Region detection and identification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA HANDLING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LOW PASS FILTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

HAND TRACKING; HISTOGRAM BASED FILTERING; MOTION ANALYSIS; RANGE DATA; REGION DETECTION;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 7544225869     PISSN: 10512004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsp.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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