KAD-Net: Kinematics-Aware Decoupled Learning for Robust 3D Hand Pose Estimation from a Single Depth Image

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.12559v1
• Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:03:19 GMT
• Title: KAD-Net: Kinematics-Aware Decoupled Learning for Robust 3D Hand Pose Estimation from a Single Depth Image
• Abstract summary: We propose a Kinematics-Aware Decoupled Learning Network (KAD-Net) for robust 3D hand pose estimation.<n>Potential applications of KAD-Net include human-computer interaction, virtual reality and gesture-based control systems.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Due to the complexity of hand kinematics and self-occlusion, existing 3D hand pose estimation methods based on single depth images struggle to comprehensively model the topological dependencies among hand joints. Furthermore, traditional hierarchical multitask architectures enforce a shared feature space for both 2D joint localization and depth estimation, which can induce mutual interference. To address these challenges, we propose a Kinematics-Aware Decoupled Learning Network (KAD-Net) for robust 3D hand pose estimation. Specifically, we first design a Finger Topology Constraint (FTC) module to enhance the representation of distal joints. This module utilizes three consecutive finger joints to construct a local kinematic representation to impose topological constraints, which supplements the kinematic features of the distal joints. The FTC module leverages the structural context from visible joints to assist in locating occluded distal joints, thereby improving robustness to occlusion. Additionally, we propose a task-decoupled hierarchical multitask framework. This framework separates 2D joint localization from depth estimation and incorporates a dedicated multitask learning strategy for depth regression, effectively isolating the UV and depth features to mitigate mutual interference and negative transfer. Extensive experiments demonstrate that KAD-Net outperforms existing methods on several benchmark datasets (ICVL, NYU, and MSRA), achieving state-of-the-art accuracy in 3D hand pose estimation. Potential applications of KAD-Net include human-computer interaction, virtual reality and gesture-based control systems.

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