Head Gesture Recognition System Using Gesture Cam

Abstract

Head Gesture means the position made by the movement of head by considering all its facial geometry as eyes, nose, lips etc. The use of such gesture is to express thought, emotion, etc. Such Head Gesture is very useful / beneficial for the Handicapped / Peoples having Paralysis from neck onwards. For such peoples Hand Gesture Recognition System is not useful. Such peoples give the indications by using their Head Movements. The gesture recognition from the video sequences is one of the most important challenges in the computer vision. It offers to the system, the ability to identify, recognize and interpret the human gestures in order to control some devices. In this paper, we provide a review on gesture recognition with particular emphasis on Head Gestures and Facial Expressions. Applications involving Face Detection, Face Tracking, Gesture Recognition, and Obstacle Detection are discussed in detail.