A framework for hand gesture analysis and tracking: the case for hands with unusual shapes and movements

• Grant number: 16/13791-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: February 29, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior
• Grantee: Luciano Walenty Xavier Cejnog
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/50761-2 - Models and methods of e-Science for life and agricultural sciences, AP.TEM

Abstract

This document presents a PhD project in computer vision for the student Luciano Walenty Xavier Cejnog, advised by professor Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior, Computer Science department, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME), Universidade de São Paulo. The main proposal of this PhD is the development of a framework for hand tracking and gesture analysis, using a 3D model able to express non-usual patterns of hand pose. Methods for data acquisiton, learning model parameters, hand tracking/detection in a video and movement analysis will be developed in this context.This PhD is part of the project Hand Tracking for Occupational Therapy, a collaboration between Universidade de São Paulo and University of Surrey, which aims to investigate computer vision methods capable of providing support to occupational therapy exercises in patients with conditions that affect the movement of hands and fingers, e.g. patients recovering from flexor therapy surgery.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

XAVIER CEJNOG, LUCIANO WALENTY; CESAR, ROBERTO MARCONDES, JR.; DE CAMPOS, TEOFILO E.; CARRIL ELUI, VALRIA MEIRELLES; IEEE. Hand range of motion evaluation for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients. 2019 14TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATIC FACE AND GESTURE RECOGNITION (FG 2019), v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2019-01-01. (15/22308-2, 14/50769-1, 16/13791-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CEJNOG, Luciano Walenty Xavier. Hand pose estimation and movement analysis for occupational therapy. 2021. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME/SBI) São Paulo.