Avatars based Chinese Sign Language Synthesis System

Author

Xu, Xinxin ; Wang, Xuan ; Yao, Lin ; Zhang, Deyuan ; Zhao, Hainan

Author_Institution

Intell. Comput. Res. Center, Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

444

Lastpage

449

Abstract

A Chinese sign language synthesis system is proposed in this paper. H-Anim standard of VRML is adopted to describe the avatar. The traditional reverse kinematics resolution algorithm is employed and constraints of the elbow position are considered to make the editing of hand shapes and arm gestures efficient. Various interpolation methods are used for the motion of joints that have different degrees-of-freedom. The Chinese sign language synthesis system is implemented as a Web service which can be accessed by 3^rd-party applications. It has been applied in sign language teaching and sign language translation.

Keywords

Web services; avatars; interpolation; natural language interfaces; virtual reality languages; Chinese sign language synthesis system; H-Anim standard; VRML; Web service; avatars; interpolation methods; reverse kinematics resolution algorithm; sign language teaching; sign language translation; Avatars; Computational linguistics; Control system synthesis; Fingers; Handicapped aids; Interpolation; Man machine systems; Motion control; Shape control; Web services; Chinese Sign Language Synthesis; Web Service; motion control; static gestures express;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2008. SMC 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2383-5

Electronic_ISBN

1062-922X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811316

Filename

4811316