Sign Language Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks

• Published in: Computer Vision - ECCV 2014 Workshops pp. 572 - 578
• Main Authors: Pigou, Lionel, Dieleman, Sander, Kindermans, Pieter-Jan, Schrauwen, Benjamin
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Convolutional neural network; Deep learning; Gesture recognition; Sign language recognition

There is an undeniable communication problem between the Deaf community and the hearing majority. Innovations in automatic sign language recognition try to tear down this communication barrier. Our contribution considers a recognition system using the Microsoft Kinect, convolutional neural networks...