Static Hand Gesture Recognition for PowerPoint Presentation Navigation using Thinning Method

Abstract

In this paper a method to control the power point presentation navigation using bare hands, is proposed. The proposed method takes static hand gestures as input via webcam connected to the computerand uses thinning method to obtain the hand shape parameters. Thesehand shape parameters are used to countthe number of raised fingers. Based on this count, the gestures are identified and then used to control the slides. This method does not require devices such asmarkers orgloves or any other devices andalso does not require any database to identify a gesture.