Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction: International Gesture Workshop Bielefeld, Germany, September 17–19, 1997 Proceedings

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Research challenges in gesture: Open issues and unsolved problems....Pages 1-11
Progress in sign language recognition....Pages 13-21
Movement phases in signs and co-speech gestures, and their transcription by human coders....Pages 23-35
Classifying two dimensional gestures in interactive systems....Pages 37-48
Are listeners paying attention to the hand gestures of an anthropomorphic agent? an evaluation using a gaze tracking method....Pages 49-59
Gesture-Based and haptic interaction for human skill acquisition....Pages 61-68
High performance real-time gesture recognition using Hidden Markov Models....Pages 69-80
Velocity profile based recognition of dynamic gestures with discrete Hidden Markov Models....Pages 81-95
Video-based sign language recognition using Hidden Markov Models....Pages 97-109
Corpus of 3D natural movements and sign language primitives of movement....Pages 111-121
On the use of context and a priori knowledge in motion analysis for visual gesture recognition....Pages 123-134
Automatic estimation of body regions from video images....Pages 135-145
Rendering gestures as line drawings....Pages 147-157
Investigating the role of redundancy in multimodal input systems....Pages 159-171
Gesture recognition of the upper limbs — From signal to symbol....Pages 173-184
Exploiting distant pointing gestures for object selection in a virtual environment....Pages 185-196
An intuitive two-handed gestural interface for computer supported product design....Pages 197-208
Detection of fingertips in human hand movement sequences....Pages 209-218
Neural architecture for gesture-based human-machine-interaction....Pages 219-232
Robotic gesture recognition....Pages 233-244
Image based recognition of gaze direction using adaptive methods....Pages 245-257
Towards a dialogue system based on recognition and synthesis of Japanese sign language....Pages 259-271
The recognition algorithm with non-contact for Japanese sign language using morphological analysis....Pages 273-284
Special topics of gesture recognition applied in intelligent home environments....Pages 285-296
BUILD-IT: An intuitive design tool based on direct object manipulation....Pages 297-308
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