Presentation 2016-10-16
Sign language recognition by convolutional neural network with concatenated sequence image of depth image
Keisuke Hashimura, Takeshi Saitoh,
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Abstract(in English) We proposed a concatenated frame image (CFI) that some sampled frame images from the scene are concatenated like a two-dimensional tile, and proposed a framework of CFI-based convolutional neural network (CNN). In this paper, we propose an improved CFI for sign language scene and CFI-based CNN for sign language recognition (SLR). The proposed method was evaluated with 100 words of sign language acquired by Kinect sensor. As the result, right-hand based CFI obtained the highest recognition accuracy. This performance is better than the traditional method which involved not only the hand shape but also hand location and its movement. It is confirmed that the proposed method is efficient for SLR.
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Keyword(in English) Sign language recognition / depth image / convolutional neural network / concatenated sequence image
Paper # WIT2016-36
Date of Issue 2016-10-09 (WIT)

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Committee WIT
Conference Date 2016/10/16(2days)
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Place (in English) Karatsu Royal Hotel (Saga pref.)
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Topics (in English) Ergonomics and Well-being Information Technology, etc.
Chair Kiyohiko Nunokawa(Tokyo International Univ.)
Vice Chair Chikamune Wada(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Chikamune Wada(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Tomohiro Amemiya(NTT) / Takeaki Shionome(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Manabi Miyagi(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Takashi Handa(Saitama Industrial Technology Center)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) Sign language recognition by convolutional neural network with concatenated sequence image of depth image
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Sign language recognition
Keyword(2) depth image
Keyword(3) convolutional neural network
Keyword(4) concatenated sequence image
1st Author's Name Keisuke Hashimura
1st Author's Affiliation Kyushu Institute of Technology(kyutech)
2nd Author's Name Takeshi Saitoh
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyushu Institute of Technology(kyutech)
Date 2016-10-16
Paper # WIT2016-36
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) WIT-248
Page pp.pp.17-22(WIT),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2016-10-09 (WIT)