Sign language translation system and method that includes analysis of dependence relationships between successive words
First Claim
1. A sign language translation system, comprising:
- input means for inputting motion of hands as electric signals;
sign language word generating means for recognizing words in accordance with said input electric signals and generating sign language words;
storage means for storing conjugations or translations of said generated sign language words and postpositions or auxiliary verbs to be supplemented between said generated sign language words;
dependence analyzing means for analyzing a dependence relationship between successive ones of said recognized words in accordance with said stored translations of said recognized words and outputting analyzed results;
spoken language generating means for generating, in accordance with said analyzed results, an audibly communicated sentence by supplementing said stored postpositions or auxiliary verbs and providing said stored conjugations of conjugative words; and
output means for outputting said generated spoken language.
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Abstract
A sign language translation system and method that not only recognizes words of a sign language but also supplements omitted words between the words of the sign language, to thereby generate a spoken language. The sign language translation system has an input unit for inputting at least the motion of hands, a language generating unit responsive to the inputted motion of hands for recognizing the words corresponding to the motion of hands and generating a spoken language using the relationship between the recognized words, and an output unit for outputting the generated spoken language. The sign language translation system and method can translate a sign language into an easy-to-understand spoken language.
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19 Claims
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1. A sign language translation system, comprising:
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input means for inputting motion of hands as electric signals; sign language word generating means for recognizing words in accordance with said input electric signals and generating sign language words; storage means for storing conjugations or translations of said generated sign language words and postpositions or auxiliary verbs to be supplemented between said generated sign language words; dependence analyzing means for analyzing a dependence relationship between successive ones of said recognized words in accordance with said stored translations of said recognized words and outputting analyzed results; spoken language generating means for generating, in accordance with said analyzed results, an audibly communicated sentence by supplementing said stored postpositions or auxiliary verbs and providing said stored conjugations of conjugative words; and output means for outputting said generated spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A sign language translation method comprising the steps of:
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inputting motion of hands; recognizing words corresponding to said input motion of hands; generating a spoken language using a dependence relationship between said recognized words; wherein the dependence between said recognized words is analyzed using said recognized results, and a predetermined process is executed using said analyzed results to generate said spoken language by supplementing omitted words and providing the conjugations of a conjugative word; and outputting said generated spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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