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PIR sensor array for hand motion recognition

Wojtczuk, Piotr; Armitage, Alistair; Binnie, David; Chamberlain, Timothy

Authors

Piotr Wojtczuk

Alistair Armitage

David Binnie

Timothy Chamberlain



Abstract

Abstract—In this paper we present our work towards a hand gesture recognition system realised with a passive thermal infrared sensor array. In contrast with the majority of recent research activities into gesture recognition, which focus on the complex analysis of video sequences, our approach shows that the functionality of a simple pyroelectric movement sensor can be expanded to detect differing hand gestures at short range. We show that blob detection from a hand waving over a 16 element passive infrared sensor array provides sufficient information to discriminate four directions of hand stroke. This sensor system is unique and lends itself to low cost, low profile and low power applications.

Citation

Wojtczuk, P., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., & Chamberlain, T. (2011, August). PIR sensor array for hand motion recognition. Paper presented at SensorDevices 2011

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name SensorDevices 2011
Start Date Aug 1, 2011
End Date Aug 1, 2011
Publication Date 2011
Deposit Date Nov 3, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
ISBN 978-1-61208-145-8
Keywords Hand gesture recognition system; thermal infrared sensor array; input device; dynamic hand gesture; pyroelectricity;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4715

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