A Motion Capture System for Sign Language Synthesis: Overview and Related Issues

Author

Havasi, László ; Szabó, Helga M.

Author_Institution

PannonVision, Szeged

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

21-24 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

445

Lastpage

448

Abstract

HANDY by Havasi and Szabo, (2004) is a project for the synthesis of articulatory sign-language as used by the deaf. This paper describes a sub-project named HANDYCap, which is used as a prior stage to the actual sign-language synthesis. HANDYCap is a low-cost hand-motion capture and data-processing system which we use to enable semi-automatic construction of the sign database. Additionally, the paper gives a broad survey of the technical and linguistic issues relating to the signing task. The optical tracking system used for motion-capture is described, together with related issues. In performing the database-construction task it is necessary to pay attention to the linguistic background, as well as to the problems of loading and storing the data efficiently and correctly

Keywords

data handling; gesture recognition; handicapped aids; image motion analysis; optical tracking; HANDY; HANDYCap; articulatory sign-language; data processing system; hand animation; hand modeling; motion capture system; optical tracking system; sign database; sign language synthesis; Animation; Avatars; Contracts; Databases; Deafness; Handicapped aids; Hardware; Motion detection; Process design; Tracking; Sign language synthesis; hand modeling and animation; motion capture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer as a Tool, 2005. EUROCON 2005.The International Conference on

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0049-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.2005.1629959

Filename

1629959