A New 3D Hand Model, Hand Shape Optimisation and Evolutionary Population Dynamics for PSO and MOPSO

Abstract

The preceding chapter reviewed the literature and identified the current gaps in the main phases of hand posture estimation using models with simple components. It was discussed that the current hand models with simple components provide the least possible structural parameters (especially for changing the shape of a hand) to reduce the number of possible hand postures to search and computational cost of the objective function. It was observed that there should be more 3D hand models with simple components to provide a more flexibility and better estimation of both posture and handshape simultaneously. This chapter proposes a new hand model combining the best features of the current best models and a number of new components. The structural parameters of the proposed model allow better flexibility in terms of changing the shape.