American Sign Language recognition using multi-dimensional Hidden Markov Models

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1109-1123

  Wang, Hongoang ^a   Leu, Ming C ^b   Oz, Cemil ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

American sign language; ASL recognition; Data glove; Handshape gestures; Hidden Markov model; Motion tracker

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGES (ASL) RECOGNITION; DATA GLOVES; HANDSHAPE GESTURES; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (HMM); MOTION TRACKERS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACKING (POSITION);

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749580270     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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