A review of hand gesture and sign language recognition techniques

• Published in: International journal of machine learning and cybernetics Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 131 - 153
• Main Authors: Cheok, Ming Jin, Omar, Zaid, Jaward, Mohamed Hisham
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Camcorders; Cameras; Communication; Complex Systems; Computational Intelligence; Control; Data acquisition; Deafness; Engineering; Feature extraction; Gesture recognition; Literature reviews; Mechatronics; Original Article; Pattern Recognition; Performance evaluation; Robotics; Sensors; Sign language; State-of-the-art reviews; Systems Biology; Virtual reality; Voice recognition; Webcams; Computer vision; Sign language; Image processing; Gesture recognition; Machine learning

Hand gesture recognition serves as a key for overcoming many difficulties and providing convenience for human life. The ability of machines to understand human activities and their meaning can be utilized in a vast array of applications. One specific field of interest is sign language recognition. T...