Doppler bio-signal detection based time-domain hand gesture recognition

Abstract

Utilizing Doppler effect to detect bio-signals of vital signs has been attracting more and more interests. In this paper, we propose a time-domain algorithm for the hand gesture recognition. We introduce an extended differentiate and cross-multiply algorithm to solve the null point and the codomain restriction issues in traditional Doppler radar sensors, and retrieve the Doppler bio-signals of a moving hand from the demodulated phase signals based on a configuration of 2 or 3 radar sensors for 2-D or 3-D HGRs. Simulations validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Our method is capable of retrieving arbitrary hand movements, making it possible to be used in a wide range of HGR applications.