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# HumanHandPoseObservation

An observation that provides the hand points the analysis recognizes.

```
struct HumanHandPoseObservation
```

## Topics

### Creating an observation

[`init(VNHumanHandPoseObservation)`](/documentation/Vision/HumanHandPoseObservation/init(_:))

Creates a human hand pose observation.

### Inspecting an observation

[`enum RequestDescriptor`](/documentation/Vision/RequestDescriptor)

A type that describes the request and revision combination.

[`let chirality: HumanHandPoseObservation.Chirality?`](/documentation/Vision/HumanHandPoseObservation/chirality-swift.property)

The chirality, or handedness, of a pose.

[`enum Chirality`](/documentation/Vision/HumanHandPoseObservation/Chirality-swift.enum)

The hand sidedness of a pose.

[`var keypoints: MLMultiArray`](/documentation/Vision/HumanHandPoseObservation/keypoints)

The keypoints for the observation.

### Getting the joints

[`enum JointsGroupName`](/documentation/Vision/HumanHandPoseObservation/JointsGroupName)

The joint group names available in the observation.

[`enum JointName`](/documentation/Vision/HumanHandPoseObservation/JointName)

The supported joint names for the hand pose.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`PoseProviding`](/documentation/Vision/PoseProviding)

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

[`Encodable`](/documentation/Swift/Encodable)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`VisionObservation`](/documentation/Vision/VisionObservation)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Decodable`](/documentation/Swift/Decodable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

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