Hand gesture recognition based on SIMO Doppler radar sensors

Abstract

Computer-based hand gesture recognition (HGR) remains a technical challenge due to complicated image processing algorithms and excessive occupation of computational resources. Recently, wireless sensing and detection based on continuous-wave (CW) Doppler radar sensors (DRSs) have been intensively investigated, based on which experimental HGRs implemented with cost-effective, miniaturized hardware and linearized, highly efficient algorithms have been experimentally demonstrated. This DRS-based solution is able to recognize definitive, meaningful signatures of human gestures retrieved from low-sampling-rate data, exhibiting promising potential for practical applications. This chapter aims to introduce this progress. The content mainly includes an introduction to the basis of Doppler radar sensing, the architecture, and algorithms suitable for HGRs, and experimental HGR demonstrations based on such architecture and algorithms.