Recognizing postures in vietnamese sign language with MEMS accelerometers

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 707-712

  Bui, The Duy ^b   Nguyen, Long Thang ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Viet Nam)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Microelectronic mechanical system (MEMS) sensors; Sign language recognition; Vietnamese sign language (VSL)

Indexed keywords

ACCELE GLOVE; SIGN LANGUAGE RECOGNITION; VIETNAMESE SIGN LANGUAGE (VSL);

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FUZZY RULES; GESTURE RECOGNITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MEMS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 34247103225     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.894132     Document Type: Article

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