3D convolutional neural networks for efficient and robust hand pose estimation from single depth images

We propose a simple, yet effective approach for real-time hand pose estimation from single depth images using three-dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks (3D CNNs). Image based features extracted by 2D CNNs are not directly suitable for 3D hand pose estimation due to the lack of 3D spatial infor...

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Main Authors: Ge, Liuhao, Liang, Hui, Yuan, Junsong, Thalmann, Daniel
Other Authors: Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82836
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50409
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:We propose a simple, yet effective approach for real-time hand pose estimation from single depth images using three-dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks (3D CNNs). Image based features extracted by 2D CNNs are not directly suitable for 3D hand pose estimation due to the lack of 3D spatial information. Our proposed 3D CNN taking a 3D volumetric representation of the hand depth image as input can capture the 3D spatial structure of the input and accurately regress full 3D hand pose in a single pass. In order to make the 3D CNN robust to variations in hand sizes and global orientations, we perform 3D data augmentation on the training data. Experiments show that our proposed 3D CNN based approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods on two challenging hand pose datasets, and is very efficient as our implementation runs at over 215 fps on a standard computer with a single GPU.