Speed calculation of a gesture

I have a gesture and want to calculate its speed. I have got its x and y axis points. How can speed profile of a gesture can be claculated using trajectory points??

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

1. Use sqrt to find the distance in pixels it traveled from one frame to the next.
2. Multiply by your spatial calibration factor to convert from pixels to centimeters.
3. Divide the distance in cm by the frame time.

Something like

distanceInPixels = sqrt(x1 - x2) ^ 2 + (y1 - y2) ^ 2);
distanceInCm = distanceInPixels * cmPerPixel;
speed = distanceInCm / frameTimeInSeconds;

To get the spatial calibration factor, see attached demo.

[Shweta Saboo]

Thanks for the answer. But How to calculate frame time in seconds?

[Image Analyst]

When you open the videoReader, it is the NumberOfFrame property. See the help for videoReader. It might be 1/30 of a second.

frameTimeInSeconds = 1/30; % For standard US (or 1/29.94).