Abstract
A method to estimate hands' motion of car-driver has been investigated. A camera to capture image of hands around the steering has been used for the sensor, which is set at top of the side pillar of the car driver. After perspective transformation of the captured image to be looked straight at the steering, positions of the hands over the steering have been estimated. Particle filter with elaborated state space model has been used for estimating the hands' motion. Video images in driving simulator have been examined for the hands' motion estimation for evaluation purpose. Also, real-time system of the estimation has been developed and demonstrated in some events in public space.
