Gesture
Recognition is a technology that enables a device to detect movement of
users through the camera and execute orders appropriate with the
movement. One
of the tools that implement this technology is a motion sensor
Xbox Kinect from Microsoft that allows users to control games or applications
simply by moving his body parts without actually physically touching the
device. Soon, smartphone users may be able to do the same.
A
Japanese company called Omron is developing gesture recognition
technology that can be used in smartphones, televisions and computers. The technology of this software is able to recognize the various forms or hand movements through the camera.
The way, the software compares the images caught by camera in hand recording the movement database. If
there is a movement that resembles the one recorded gesture, the
appropriate command is run, such as digital books turned the page when
the user moves the index finger.
Body gesture recognition software requires only a small amount of memory to operate. This
means that any mobile devices are already available today can be
equipped with these technologies through a software upgrade only.
A
system with a Snapdragon processor speed 1GHz equipped with this
software the user can recognize the gesture as much as 30 times (frames)
per second. Not
only the specific gestures that can be detected, but as the hand
movements are more complex involving different distances and directions
of movement.
Omron
says that this technology can be implemented in many types of devices,
including smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, video cameras, and
others. Compatible operating systems including Windows XP / 7, Android, and iOS.