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

  • Nanyang Technological University
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 30th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5679-5688
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781538604571
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 6 2017
Event30th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2017 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: Jul 21 2017Jul 26 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 30th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2017
Volume2017-January

Conference

Conference30th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period07/21/1707/26/17

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