A fingertip extraction method and its application to handwritten alphanumeric characters recognition

Chen Chiung Hsieh, Ming Ren Tsai, Mu Chun Su

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Abstract

In this paper, the camera is utilized to input characters as it becomes standard equipment in most IT products. The tip of forefinger acts like the pen tip is used to write characters in front of the camera. The finger tip is extracted and the tracked trail is recorded as the handwritten character. A character recognition system based on on-line character model is also developed to verify its practical usage. In experiments, each character is written five times by five individuals. The forefinger tip can be used as an input device and integrated with MS-Windows. The fingertip tracking accuracy is 98.58% and the processing speed could reach 13.2 fps. The character recognition rate is 91.11% if confusing character set is included. It demonstrated the feasibility of proposed finger tip extraction method and its application.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSITIS 2008 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems
Pages293-300
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event4th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems, SITIS 2008 - Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 30 Nov 20083 Dec 2008

Publication series

NameSITIS 2008 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems, SITIS 2008
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityBali
Period30/11/083/12/08

Keywords

  • Character recognition
  • Fingertip extraction
  • Motion detection
  • Stroke extraction

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