Gesture Control with MMPose

Gesture Control with MMPose is a project that enables controlling your mouse cursor and performing mouse clicks using hand gestures detected through MMPose, a pose estimation library., with the help of OpenCV and PyAutoGUI,

Demo

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Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Downloading Models
• Dependencies
• Demo
• License

Installation

MMPose Installation

MMPose is a critical component of this project, and it needs to be installed separately. Follow the steps on the MMPose website to install it correctly. https://mmpose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/namas191297/mouse_gesture_control

2. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set the MMPose path in inference.py on line 1 to line 3.

import sys
MMPOSE_PATH = '/path/to/mmpose/'
sys.path.append(MMPOSE_PATH)

Usage

1. Run the main script.

python gesture_control.py

2. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen to enable or disable gesture control.

Downloading Models

Before running the script, download the required MMPose models and move them into the saved_checkpoints folder. You can find the models here.

Dependencies

• Python 3.x
• OpenCV
• NumPy
• MMPose
• PyAutoGUI

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.