Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Transition movement models for large vocabulary continuous sign language recognition

  • Wen Gao*
  • , Gaolin Fang
  • , Debin Zhao
  • , Yiqiang Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • CAS - Institute of Computing Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

The major challenges that sign language recognition (SLR) now faces are developing methods that solve large vocabulary continuous sign problems. In this paper, large vocabulary continuous SLR based on transition movement models is proposed. The proposed method employs the temporal clustering algorithm to cluster a large amount of transition movements, and then the corresponding training algorithm is also presented for automatically segmenting and training these transition movement models. The clustered models can improve the generalization of transition movement models, and are very suitable for large vocabulary continuous SLR. At last, the estimated transition movement models, together with sign models, are viewed as candidate models of the Viterbi search algorithm for recognizing continuous sign language. Experiments show that continuous SLR based on transition movement models has good performance over a large vocabulary of 5113 signs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - Sixth IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition FGR 2004
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages553-558
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)0769521223, 9780769521220
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Event6th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FGR 2004 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 17 May 200419 May 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings - Sixth IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition

Conference

Conference6th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FGR 2004
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period17/05/0419/05/04

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Transition movement models for large vocabulary continuous sign language recognition'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this