Recognition of Words Expressed by Japanese Sign Language and Generation of Japanese Sign Language Animation using Thermal Image Processing
Yasunari Yoshitomi (Editor)
Taro Asada (Editor)
Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan
Series: Languages and Linguistics, Computer Science, Technology and Applications
BISAC: SOC026000
Details
This book describes two approaches for supporting hearing-impaired people. The former is a basic method for sign language recognition by a computer. The latter is a basic method for sign language animation. We exploit thermal image processing in both methods. A basic method for recognizing sign language has been developed with thermal image processing. In this method, a pair of traces of two hands, which corresponds to a word in Japanese sign language, is input into a computer as sequential coordinates with thermal image processing. Then the word is recognized by finding the most similar pair of traces in the database to that expressing the word. Forty-seven Japanese words in sign language were recognized with good accuracy. (Imprint: Nova)
ABSTRACT
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SIGN LANGUAGE RECOGNITION
3. SIGN LANGUAGE ANIMATION
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEGDEMENT
INDEX
