Hand detection image processing for a rescuing robot

This report documents the summary of various approaches used for face-detection. Methods and algorithms developed for face-detection presently are studied to achieve the student’s final year project’s ultimate goal, which is to develop a Hand Detection method and algorithm for a rescuing robot, part...

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Main Author: How, Adrian Wei Liong.
Other Authors: Wang Han
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-407402023-07-07T17:44:31Z Hand detection image processing for a rescuing robot How, Adrian Wei Liong. Wang Han School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Robotics This report documents the summary of various approaches used for face-detection. Methods and algorithms developed for face-detection presently are studied to achieve the student’s final year project’s ultimate goal, which is to develop a Hand Detection method and algorithm for a rescuing robot, participating in RoboCup Singapore 2010. The method developed by Paul Viola and Michael Jones [1] – Boosted Cascade of Simple Haar Features is picked to be explored. Details on Viola & Jones’s contribution on their renowned object detection algorithm are documented in this report. A large training samples for hand-detection including images of human hands and mannequins’ hand were collected and used for classifier’s training via Viola & Jones. The details on training procedures are covered. Lastly, this report includes the detector’s performance and evaluation under various environment and lighting conditions. Future improvements on the hand-detector are also documented in this report. Bachelor of Engineering 2010-06-21T04:38:47Z 2010-06-21T04:38:47Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40740 en Nanyang Technological University 67 p. application/pdf
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How, Adrian Wei Liong.
Hand detection image processing for a rescuing robot
description This report documents the summary of various approaches used for face-detection. Methods and algorithms developed for face-detection presently are studied to achieve the student’s final year project’s ultimate goal, which is to develop a Hand Detection method and algorithm for a rescuing robot, participating in RoboCup Singapore 2010. The method developed by Paul Viola and Michael Jones [1] – Boosted Cascade of Simple Haar Features is picked to be explored. Details on Viola & Jones’s contribution on their renowned object detection algorithm are documented in this report. A large training samples for hand-detection including images of human hands and mannequins’ hand were collected and used for classifier’s training via Viola & Jones. The details on training procedures are covered. Lastly, this report includes the detector’s performance and evaluation under various environment and lighting conditions. Future improvements on the hand-detector are also documented in this report.
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