%0 Journal Article %T FGEST: FINGER TRACKING AND GESTURE RECOGNITION IN SMARTPHONES %A Pratham Parikh %A Shubham Gupta %A Swatil Patel %A Varun Nimbalkar %J International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology (IJARCET) %D 2013 %I Shri Pannalal Research Institute of Technolgy %X Recent advances in mobile processors have made complex calculations possible and feasible in Smartphones. Taking advantage of these developments we aim to develop a gesture recognition application that can recognize finger movements effectively in a variety of lighting conditions and perform corresponding actions. This enables us to incorporate a new form of interaction on mobile devices without using extra hardware as it utilizes the front facing camera present in most mobile phones. Here we present a framework that describes our application which will increase the functionality of preexisting devices. %K video analysis %K edge and feature detection %K motion %K shape %K tracking %U http://ijarcet.org/index.php/ijarcet/article/view/809/PDF