Cursor Control using Hand Gestures

Abstract

Abstract This paper introduces an innovative vision-based cursor control system that utilizes a webcam to capture hand gestures via a color detection technique. With this system, users can navigate the computer cursor by moving their hands adorned with colored caps or tapes. It also enables various cursor functions, such as right and left clicks, double clicks, and scrolling, by recognizing different hand gestures. This system relies solely on a low-resolution webcam as a sensor, tracking the user's hand with colored caps in two dimensions and interpreting up to five distinct hand gestures, which correspond to mouse functions.