Hand gestures and hand motion for replacing computer mouse events

摘要

The invention is a method and apparatus for utilizing a user's gestures, such as hand gestures, as input to a computing device. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus effectuate input in the form of hand-gestures detected by a camera. The apparatus includes a computing device, a camera and software for recognizing the hand-gestures. Computer actions are initiated in response to detected user gestures. In one embodiment, the computer actions are events similar to that of the mouse, such as changing the position of a selector or cursor or changing other graphical information displayed to the user.