Automated Hand Gesture Recognition using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network model

Abstract

The tremendous growth in the domain of deep learning has helped in achieving breakthroughs in computer vision applications especially after convolutional neural networks coming into the picture. The unique architecture of CNNs allows it to extract relevant information from the input images without any hand-tuning. Today, with such powerful models we have quite a flexibility build technology that may ameliorate human life. One such technique can be used for detecting and understanding various human gestures as it would make the human-machine communication effective. This could make the conventional input devices like touchscreens, mouse pad, and keyboards redundant. Also, it is considered as a highly secure tech compared to other devices. In this paper, hand gesture technology along with Convolutional Neural Networks has been discovered followed by the construction of a deep convolutional neural network to build a hand gesture recognition application.