A new method for hand segmentation using free-form skin color model

Accurate hand segmentation is a challenging task in computer vision applications. We propose a new method to segment hand based on free-form skin color model. The pixel value of a person's hand is captured and represented in YCbCr color model. The CbCr color space is mapped to a CbCr plane in o...

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Published in2010 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering(ICACTE) Vol. 2; pp. V2-562 - V2-566
Main Authors Dawod, Ahmad Yahya, Abdullah, Junaidi, Alam, Md Jahangir
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2010
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Computational modeling
Computers
free-form skin color model
hand detection
Image edge detection
Morphology
YCbCr color space image segmentation
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Summary:Accurate hand segmentation is a challenging task in computer vision applications. We propose a new method to segment hand based on free-form skin color model. The pixel value of a person's hand is captured and represented in YCbCr color model. The CbCr color space is mapped to a CbCr plane in order to produce a clustered region of skin color. Then, instead of using ellipse to model the skin color, edge detection is performed on the clustered region to construct a free-form skin color model. The hand segmentation result, tested on various complex backgrounds gives promising results.
ISBN:1424465397
9781424465392
ISSN:2154-7491
DOI:10.1109/ICACTE.2010.5579466