Hand Tracking by Fusion of Color and a Range Sensor

• Author / Creator

  Sen, Abhishek

• In this work we have developed a decentralized algorithm for efficient localization and tracking of hands from a sequence of depth and colour images. We deduce the location of key-points using a Bayesian framework. We use anthropomorphic constraints for modelling the interaction between body-parts.Furthermore, we incorporate
  an occlusion reasoning and data association preservation procedure for
  dealing with ambiguities. Our work is adaptive to illumination changes despite
  utilizing the skin-color information for tracking. Experimental results demonstrate
  that our system produces more accurate tracking of the head and hands in video,
  compared to prior research.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Hand tracking
  • Graphical model

• Graduation date

  Spring 2012

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3KG80

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.