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Hand Gesture Recognizer

Recognise hand signs from a webcam and map them to letters or commands.

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fig — working model Result first

The build

Step 01

Track the hand

Run a hand-landmark model.

Step 02

Read finger positions

Get the joint coordinates.

Step 03

Define gestures

Map positions to signs.

Step 04

Recognise

Show the detected gesture.

Working Principle

The model finds your hand's joint positions; comparing finger angles to defined patterns identifies each gesture.

The science behind it

A closer look

Landmark detection gives precise joint data, so simple rules on those points can recognise many gestures.

Take it further

Variables to test

  • 1 Add a new gesture — reliably detected?
  • 2 Test both hands — does it generalise?

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