Television Remote Control by Hand Gesture Name ID A.K.M Ahsanuzzaman 11-18642-1 Saikat Acharjee 11-18028-1 Pulak Barua 11-18778-1 Partha Pratim Barua 11-18070-1 Md Nishadul Hoque Shah 11-18774-1 Contents Introduction HCI Methods Gesture Recognition Wand Filter Module Pixel Filters Finding Coordinates Gesture Generator Module Gesture to Command Conclusion Introduction With the development of technology‚ television has evolved to a great extent with its high definition audio
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Microcontroller and Sensors Based Gesture Vocalizer Abstract: - Gesture Vocalizer is a large scale multi-microcontroller based system being designed to facilitate the Communication among the dumb‚ deaf and blind communities and their communication with the normal people. This system can be dynamically reconfigured to work as a “smart device”. In this paper‚ microcontroller and sensors based gesture vocalizer is presented. Gesture vocalizer discussed is basically a data glove and a microcontroller
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Insignificant gestures “If I could peel back time‚ I would do things differently. But you don’t get second chances”- insignificant gestures (ll. 11-12). One wrong decision can haunt your mind for life – especially those decisions you take at a life-threatening point. These wrong decisions can be the cause of a long-term damage like Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and because of the emotional consequences; it can change our lives and personalities completely. That is the main theme in Jo Cannon’s
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Posture and Gestures Posture In humans‚ posture can provide important nonverbal communication. Posture deals with: how the body is positioned in relation to another person or group of persons (for example‚ leaning stance‚ posture‚ standing‚ sitting‚ etc.) and how they are positioned relative to each other various body parts (eg leg imposed on the leg‚ hand in pocket‚ etc.) physique‚ that is how the body looks like (for example‚ whether it is large‚ has a broad back‚ weak legs‚ large head
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“Insignificant Gestures” Insignificant Gestures is a short story written by an author named Jo Cannon. It is a story about a young doctor who is stationed in Africa where he tells about all the horror he experienced. At his time in Africa he relates to his servant‚ Celia‚ a young African girl‚ who as the doctor shares a common love for drawing. After returning from Africa‚ the narrator retrained as a psychiatrist. “I never wanted to smell blood again. Or the sweet nail-varnish odour of starvation
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interpretations to people‚ like hand gestures it is a non verbal communication which we used consciously and unconsciously that can actually replace a verbal phrase according to Laurie Wilhem (1993) this kinds of gestures have different style for the use of communication. However‚ using hand gestures may vary on how people interpret‚ because some hand gestures which we commonly used and interpreted as a whole may have different interpretations to other country‚ like hand gestures which we positively interpreted
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Ancient Gesture¡¨ by Edna St. Vincent Millay and ¡§The Sirens¡¨ by Donald Finkel. The poets use the legend of Ulysses as the background of the poems. The rhyming schemes are very obvious in the poems and they create fluent to the reader. The poets use allusions and style differently but they use the style to reveal the theme. Although ¡§An Ancient Gesture¡¨ and ¡§The Sirens¡¨ allude to the story of Ulysses‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay and Donald Finkel use allusion differently. ¡§An Ancient Gesture¡¨ was
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Non-verbal Communication: Filipino Style Not all cultural gestures are unique; some gestures may be the same with other cultures. However‚ there are certain gestures that we can identify as very Filipino. As I observed the people around me‚ there are a few gestures that I noticed that I was not even aware that we do but actually do quite often. I come to realize that conversations and situations would be bland without these gestures that we have become accustomed to one way or another. Nothing
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Gestures and Cultures For regular people who travel at the first time to a foreign country‚ it would be difficult to communicate in gestures. You may say humans share the same gestures‚ so they can understand each other; however‚ they may understand gestures but unfortunately with the false meaning. They would misunderstand you since they have other meanings for gestures. Therefore‚ gestures are the same as languages. They are different from culture to another. First‚ to hold two fingers like
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Section B Insignificant Gestures The short story deals with the aspects of life when you are terrorized by a foreign memory. It is written in 2007 by Jo Cannon. The short story is told by a doctor and psychiatrist looking back at his time in Africa. He had a young girl named Celia as a servant‚ who he developed a close bond to‚ during his time in Africa. One day‚ she was found bruised and dying. Later it was discovered that she died of meningitis. The doctor is now haunted by the memory of
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verbal bullying‚ gesture bullying‚ physical bullying‚ exclusion etc.(Harassment: Workplace Bullying Policy‚ n.d ) Verbal bullying is situation where one or more persons use verbal techniques to dominate others saying hurtful words that will humiliate and abuse an individual or group. Verbal bullying can affect someone’s psychological and emotional life and cause depression‚ low self-esteem etc. Gesture bullying contains treating messages through non-verbal frightening gestures which can result
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Every culture has obscene gestures; in America the middle finger is one of the most obscene. The middle finger was most likely derived from Ancient Greece‚ ‘the finger’ is one of the most widespread obscene gestures throughout the Western world. In a handful of Mediterranean and Arab countries the index finger is preferred to the middle‚ but the meaning remains crystal clear. There are tons of different stories for the origin of the finger; going back as far as 2‚500 years. Some make mention to Greek
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Gestures Around the World General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience of the different meanings of specific gestures in certain countries or cultures. Central Idea: The thumbs up‚ v sign‚ and other gestures common in western culture may be offensive or not depending on where they are used. Method of Organization: Topical Introduction Imagine 20 years from now and you have finally achieved your childhood goal of becoming President of the United States
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APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWS‚ VOL. 37‚ NO. 3‚ MAY 2007 311 Gesture Recognition: A Survey Sushmita Mitra‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE‚ and Tinku Acharya‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE Abstract—Gesture recognition pertains to recognizing meaningful expressions of motion by a human‚ involving the hands‚ arms‚ face‚ head‚ and/or body. It is of utmost importance in designing an intelligent and efficient human–computer interface. The applications of gesture recognition are manifold‚ ranging from sign language through
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BODY LANGUAGE – GESTURES Aarti Takawane BODY LANGUAGE • only as less as 15% is expressed with words‚ more than 50% is expressed through your body •Sense organs in play • Left and right brain •Subconscious signals BODY LANGUAGE - FACE & EYE • Feelings‚ attitudes & emotions- more than body • Sarcastic comments/ sincere • Eyes- lying • Establish bond • Involve EYES (AS YOU SEE THEM) Eyes - upward to the right (their left). Trying to recall memories. Eyes - upwards
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The story “The Gestures of Grace” by Alison Melotti-Cormack is about a teacher who still liked to learn. She learns something new everyday‚ mostly from her students. At first‚ she didn’t want to be a teacher‚ in fact‚ she said that it was the last thing that she wanted to be. She believes that a teacher listening to their students is a gesture of grace. The students might only trust not trust anybody else enough to talk to them. She thinks that teachers evolve over time and you don’t just become
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technology‚” said Jackie Fenn‚ a Fellow in emerging trends and technologies for Gartner‚ a market research firm. GESTURE-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY In the early 1960s‚ users could move a light-emitting pen to control the Sketchpad computer-aided design system. Several subsequent commercial systems also worked with light-emitting pens. Research into camera-based computer vision for gesture recognition began in earnest in the early 1990s at places such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media
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Kim will use simple gestures to let her family knows what she wants and needs throughout her daily activities and routines. We will know this goal has been met when Kim uses at least one other way of communicating to let her family know what she wants and needs (other than crying or fussing) throughout her daily activities and routines. Child / Family strengths and the resources related to this goal Kim sometimes makes throaty sounds and uses gestures to let her family knows what she wants or
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Signs ‚Symblos and Gestures: A sign is something we directly encounter‚ yet at the same time it refers to something else. Thunder is a sign of rain. A punch in the nose is a sign of anger. An arrow is a sign of whatever it points toward. Symbols expand the notions of signs and signals. Symbols are characterized by rich meanings that are multiple‚ fluid‚ diverse‚ layered‚ complex‚ and frequently predicated on metaphorical associations that assert an analogy between things from
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PERCEPTION OF GESTURES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES RESEARCH REPORT CLASS: Research techniques YEAR: 2011/2012 STUDENT: Ida Sotlar Hvalec‚ 506428 RESEARCH REPORT CLASS: Research techniques YEAR: 2011/2012 STUDENT: Ida Sotlar Hvalec‚ 506428 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….………..2 2. HUMAN COMMUNICATION…………………………………………………….…………2 3. DEFINITION OF GESTURES…………………………………………………………………..4 4.1 MEANINGS OF THE SAME GESTURE AMONG DIFFERENT CULTURES……
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