Touchless Human-Computer Interface for In-Car Devices

Abstract

Driving is a cognitively demanding task. Any distraction or deviation can be potentially dangerous. It is required that any task that is not directly required for driving should not distract the driver.

Gestures have always been an integral part of interaction by humans. Gestures are closely connected to speech. It is rather common to make gestures while speaking. Further, gestures are essential in situations where other communication channels cannot be used. Driving assistance for the deaf, for example.

The system proposed here describes a gesture based method to make the human-computer interaction intuitive and natural. This will do away with the need to have a separate interface (like buttons) which needs learning or conditioning.