METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT GRIPPED BY GRIP MEANS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for recognizing an object gripped by a grip means, which improves speed of recognizing an object having a hidden part. SOLUTION: The method for recognizing the object 3 gripped by the grip means includes: an image acquisition step of acquiring an object image 1 including a hand 2 and the object 3 gripped by the hand 2; an object detection step of detecting the object displayed on the image 1; a hand detection step of detecting the hand 2 displayed on the image 1 and estimating gripping posture of the hand 2; and an object determination step of specifying the object 3 (partial area A) in the image 1 from information on the object detected by the object detection step and information on the hand 2 detected by the hand detection step, and recognizing the entire shape of the object 3 from information on the external appearance of the predetermined object 3 (partial area A) and information on the gripping posture of the hand 2 which is estimated by the hand detection step. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT