GESTURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND GESTURE DETECTING METHOD

Provided is a gesture detecting apparatus that accurately determines a detection result of a hand of an occupant constituting the gesture. A gesture detecting apparatus includes a detection information acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a rejection unit. The detection information acquisition unit acquires the detection result of the hand in the hand gesture of the occupant of a vehicle and information of the hand in an image in which the hand is detected. The hand of the occupant of the vehicle is detected based on the image captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle. Based on at least one predetermined condition regarding the information of the hand in the image, the determination unit determines whether or not the hand is a real hand. If the hand is not a real hand, the rejection unit rejects the detection result of the hand detected based on the image.