Continuous 3D Hand Pose Tracking on Home Assistant Devices

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The author introduces Beyond-Voice, a system that enables continuous 3D hand pose tracking on home assistant devices using acoustic sensing. The system transforms the device into an active sonar system to analyze reflections and reconstruct hand poses.

Tóm tắt

Beyond-Voice introduces a novel high-fidelity acoustic sensing system for hand pose tracking on home assistant devices. It leverages existing onboard microphones and speakers to track and reconstruct hand poses continuously in various environments without personalized training data. The system operates by transmitting inaudible ultrasound chirps and analyzing reflections to predict the 3D positions of 21 finger joints. By utilizing deep learning models, data preprocessing techniques, and hardware starting time cancellation, Beyond-Voice achieves accurate hand tracking results across different users and environments.

Thống kê

A user study with 11 participants shows an average mean absolute error of 16.47mm for user-independent testing.
User-adaptive evaluation reduces the mean absolute error to 10.36mm with adaptive training.
In user-dependent testing, the mean absolute error is slightly higher at 12.49mm.
Data augmentation improves performance until a factor of x6, after which there is a slight rebound in error.
Finger-wise analysis reveals higher errors for middle fingers compared to others.
Bone-wise analysis shows higher errors for bones closer to the fingertip.
Orientation analysis indicates no significant impact on performance based on palm rotation, azimuth, and elevation angles.

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Beyond-Voice

by Yin Li,Rohan... lúc arxiv.org 03-12-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.17477.pdf

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How does Beyond-Voice address privacy concerns associated with camera-based systems?

Beyond-Voice addresses privacy concerns by utilizing acoustic sensing instead of cameras for hand tracking. Acoustic sensing does not capture visual data, ensuring user privacy as no images or videos are recorded. This approach eliminates the need for cameras that may raise privacy issues related to video surveillance and recording in home environments.

What potential applications could arise from the continuous fine-grained hand tracking enabled by Beyond-Voice?

The continuous fine-grained hand tracking enabled by Beyond-Voice opens up a wide range of potential applications:

Gesture Control: Users can interact with smart home devices through gestures, enabling touchless control of various functions.
Sign Language Communication: The system can support sign language communication without predefined gestures, facilitating communication for individuals who use sign language.
Virtual Reality and Gaming: Enhanced hand tracking accuracy can improve user experience in virtual reality environments and gaming applications.
Healthcare Monitoring: Continuous monitoring of hand movements can be used in healthcare settings for rehabilitation exercises or assessing motor skills.
Accessibility Features: The technology can provide accessibility features for users with disabilities, allowing them to control devices using hand gestures.

How might the use of data augmentation impact the scalability of Beyond-Voice in real-world scenarios?

Data augmentation plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance and scalability of Beyond-Voice in real-world scenarios:

Increased Training Data: By generating synthetic training data through augmentation, the system has access to a larger dataset, improving model robustness and generalization across different users and environments.
Improved Performance: Augmented data helps reduce overfitting and enhances model accuracy by exposing it to diverse variations in input signals.
Scalability Across Environments: With augmented data representing various environmental conditions, Beyond-Voice becomes more adaptable to different settings without requiring extensive manual data collection efforts.
Efficient Resource Utilization: Data augmentation allows leveraging existing datasets effectively without constantly collecting new samples, making the system more scalable and cost-effective for deployment on commercial home assistant devices.

By incorporating data augmentation techniques into its training process, Beyond-Voice becomes more scalable, versatile, and capable of delivering accurate results across a wide range of real-world scenarios while maintaining efficiency in resource utilization.