Illumination Patterns and Hue control using Hand gesture recognition system

In today’s world, switches and IR remotes are frequently utilized to operate electrical appliances and gadgets. Now it is time to set up a new control system to replace the old one. The primary objective of this new technology is to control devices through finger movements and gestures. Home automation refers to the automatic control and operation of household appliances. The proposed work includes a quick algorithm for detecting a collection of hand movements from images. For this, an algorithm-based software tool is used. It provides real-time image processing by capturing an image using a camera. The obtained image of the hand is processed by the software and compared to previously loaded gestures. If it matches, data is passed to the microcontroller circuitry, which sends signals to the devices in the same way that the remote control does. This approach may also be the most suitable for those who are physically challenged or unable to reach switches. The common hardware modules include a camera, a PIC microcontroller, a fan, a light, and a power supply. This hardware module communicates with simulation software via the USB (Universal Serial Bus) to the serial converter bus. Keywords—Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision, OpenCV, Hand gestures, Microcontroller.