Abstract:
A method of recognizing a hand shape by using a database including a plurality of hand shape depth images includes receiving a motion of a user, extracting a hand shape depth image of the user from the received motion, normalizing a size and depth values of the extracted hand shape depth image to conform to criteria of a size and depth values of the hand shape depth images stored in the database, and detecting from the database a hand shape depth image corresponding to the normalized hand shape depth image. It is possible to detect a hand shape depth image in a rapid and accurate way with the disclosed method.