Hand-Controller is a gesture-based recognition system to control your computer. It can be used to move the pointer, click and scroll. Also included is a virtual gesture-controlled keyboard.
Move cursor
Move cursor. Used when only the index finger is pointing up. This gesture moves the cursor to the desired location. Speed of the cursor movement is proportional to the speed of hand.Left Click
Left Click. Used when only the index and middle finger is pointing up and close together. The distance between the tip of the index and middle finger is calculated. If the distance is below the threshold, a single left click is performed.Scroll Up/Down
Scroll Up/Down. Used when only the index, middle and ring finger is pointing up. Scroll direction and speed is controlled by the location of tip of the index finger.Bringup Keyboard
Bringup Keyboard. Used when only the index, middle, ring and pinky finger. Brings up the virtual gesture-controlled keyboard for typing.Hover over the key with your index finger that you wish to press. After that, perform the Left Click gesture as described before to press the key. To go back to "Mouse" mode, simply hover over the "Mouse" key on the virtual keyboard and perform a Left Click gesture.
- Python: 3.8.5
- Environment: Anaconda. Download link here
- Hardware: A computer with webcam
Install the necessary required packages through the provided requirements.txt
file using Anaconda prompt.
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/leonardlohky/Hand-Controller
To run the application, you can use an IDE (e.g. Spyder) or navigate to the
location of main.py script type in the following in an Anaconda prompt.
python main.py
Distributed under the MIT License
This package was developed based on the original codes by Murtaza's Workshop, which include: