Gesturenomy: Touchless Restaurant Menu Using Hand Gesture Recognition

Abstract

Hand gesture recognition is one of the more modern methods of human-computer interaction. However, study of its application in real world setting is sparse, especially its use in digital restaurant menus. We discuss various types of computer vision-based hand gesture recognition and decide on hand pose estimation as the method of recognition used. An analysis into the requirements show that respondents are concerned with the hygiene of touchscreen digital menus. We provide a description of the system being developed. The system passes the user acceptance tests given.