METHOD FOR FACE DETECTION-BASED HAND GESTURE RECOGNITION

The present invention relates to a method for identifying a hand gesture based on face detection. The present invention comprises: a step of detecting a face; a step of modeling skin colors by detecting the face; a step of calculating information on the distance from a sensor; and a step of detecting a hand area by using the skin color model and the information on the distance. According to the present invention, a hand gesture identification shows a high accuracy rate even in case the background color is similar to the skin color. [Reference numerals] (S10) Detecting a face; (S20) Modeling skin colors; (S30) Calculating the distance from a sensor; (S40) Detecting a hand; (S50) Detecting a gesture area; (S60) Recognizing a gesture