Method for recognizing gestures and gesture detector

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9348422
APP PUB NO 20140300684A1
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14357914

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The present invention relates to a method for recognizing gestures within a two-dimensional video stream for use in conference situations and the like, comprising the step of performing a skin-recognition within a screen of the video stream for recognizing skin parts, identifying at least one body part within the recognized skin parts, monitoring a state of at least one predefined screen area in respect to the at least one body part, and providing a control signal indicating a detected gesture upon detection of a change of state. The present invention further relates to a gesture detector adapted to perform the above method, a presentation system comprising the above gesture detector and a video camera device comprising a video camera and the above gesture detector.

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ALCATEL LUCENT148/152 ROUTE DE LA REINE BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT 92100

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Fadili, Moulay Cergy, FR 9 66
Fagadar-Cosma, Mihai Antwerp, BE 4 30

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