摘要 |
A gesture recognition apparatus for recognizing a gesture of a hand of a user from a moving image in which action of the hand of the user is photographed is provided, the gesture recognition apparatus comprising: a face detector configured to detect a face of the user; a shape identification part configured to identify whether the hand is a right hand or a left hand; and a performer specification part configured to specify a person, who is closest to the identified hand and whose face is located on a right side of the identified hand, as a performer of the gesture when the identified hand is the right hand, and specify a person, who is closest to the identified hand and whose face is located on a left side of the identified hand, as the performer of the gesture when the identified hand is the left hand. |