aircursor

Aircursor is a simple, mini, python project that allows users to control their cursor with movements of their hands. Powered by open-cv, mediapipe, numpy and pyautogui.

Instructions

The cursor follows the centre of your hand when the program initiates.

Note

Not the palm, but the centre of your hands according to your fingers.

Which means you are able to fine-tune the cursor position by moving your fingers.

There are only two simple actions that are implemented in Aircursor at the moment:

Hand Movement	Operation
Closed Palm	Mouse-Down
Open Palm	Mouse-Up

The cursor works normally. In order to left-click, simply close your palm and open them. This means users are able to select texts or images and drag them with intuitive hand movements.

Quick Start

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/amooo-ooo/aircursor

Install required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Quick start the program:

python main.py

Important

Quit the program by pressing ctrl + q!

Parameters

By default, no external windows open, and the program operates in the background in order to maximise performance. However, there are arguments you can pass for customisation:

Argument	Default	Settings
--show_camera	False	Opens a seperate window displaying camera.
--show_hands	False	Display user's hand as a wireframe on the external window.
--sensitivity=0	2.0	Adjust the sensitivity of the cursor.
--smoothness=0	2	Adjust the smoothness of movements of the cursor (causes cursor delay).
--resolution=0	640x480	Adjust the resolution for hand model proccessing.

For example:

python main.py --show_camera

Contact

You can contact me at amor.budiyanto@gmail.com.