Virtual Mouse Operation using Hand Gesture

Abstract

Computer technology is the most basic and important aspect in every human’s life. The basic hardware in computer is the mouse. Human interaction with computer or [HCI] is totally depended upon the hardware component. Many of the researchers worked on this component to make the users work easier and efficient. Therefore this paper regards about the usage of the hand gestures instead of the mouse. Gesture is a most used topic in computer science and language technology. The main goal is to interpret human gesture through mathematical algorithms.  These gestures can originate from any bodily motion or state but are mostly considered from face and hand.  The proposed system does not use any of the external devices. It is not bound to any Bluetooth device nor the network devices. Instead the gestures are identified using the webcam or built in camera. Then the colors are processed with color detection and segmentation technique. Using this system the user will be able to control few of the mouse operations on their machines. The operations are left click, right click, double click and dragging a file or dropping a file. Actions are achieved by using movements of fingers with color caps in different gestures. This would eliminate the usage of mouse and could only be operated by movements of hands. Finally this project helps in the better development in Human Computer Interaction (HCI).

 Keywords: HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Gesture recognition.