Abstract: A method of recognizing gestures of a person from at least one image from a monocular camera, e.g. a vehicle camera, includes comp the steps: a) detecting key points of the person in the at least one image, b) connecting the key points to form a skeleton-like representation of body parts of the person, wherein the skeleton-like representation represents a relative position and a relative orientation of the respective body parts of the person, c) recognizing a gesture of the person from the skeleton-like representation of the person, and d) outputting a signal indicating the gesture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for recognizing gestures by means of a monocular camera and can be used in particular in vehicle cameras of a partly autonomously driven vehicle. The method for recognizing gestures of a person from at least one image from a monocular camera comprises the steps: a) detecting key points of a person in the at least one image from the monocular camera, b) connecting key points to a skeleton-like representation of parts of the person, wherein the skeleton-like representation reflects the relative position and orientation of individual body parts of the person, c) recognizing a gesture from the skeleton-like representation of the person, and d) outputting the gesture recognized.