The embodiments of the present invention disclose a hand gesture recognition method, device, and system; the hand gesture recognition method disclosed in the present invention comprising: a first hand gesture recognition device determining, according to a recognized hand gesture and the position thereof, as well as said hand gesture and the position thereof as recognized by a second hand gesture recognition device, whether to accept control by said hand gesture. Another hand gesture recognition method disclosed by the present invention comprises: a first hand gesture recognition device publishing information of a hand gesture it has recognized, and receiving information of said hand gesture recognized by a second hand gesture recognition device.