Gesture-Based Human-Computer Interaction and Simulation: 7th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, May 23-25, 2007, Revised Selected ...

front-matter.pdf......Page 1
Introduction......Page 11
Related Research......Page 12
Video Acquisition of Hand Gestures......Page 13
Curvature Functions......Page 14
Deformation Energies......Page 15
Aligning Curves......Page 16
Gesture Matching......Page 17
Discussion.......Page 19
Conclusions......Page 20
Introduction......Page 23
Analysis of Arm Movements......Page 25
Analysis of 3D Endpoint Arm Data......Page 27
Segmentation......Page 28
Gesture Analysis / Synthesis Framework......Page 30
Conclusion and Future Perspectives......Page 31
References......Page 32
Introduction......Page 34
Paper Content and System Design......Page 35
Feature Extraction......Page 36
Recognition of Primitives......Page 38
Learning Models for the Primitives......Page 39
Defining the Primitives......Page 40
Recognition of Actions......Page 41
Tests......Page 43
Conclusion......Page 44
Introduction......Page 46
Synchronization of Clap and Speech......Page 47
Body Involvement......Page 48
Setup of the Experiments......Page 49
The Shape of the Movement Path......Page 50
Amplitude......Page 51
Involved Body Parts......Page 53
Summary of the Results......Page 54
Discussion......Page 55
Introduction......Page 58
Prioritized Inverse Kinematics......Page 59
Fluency......Page 61
Results and Conclusions......Page 63
References......Page 66
Introduction......Page 67
Problem Statement......Page 68
Architecture of the Solution Methodology......Page 69
Module 1: Hand Gesture Factor Determination......Page 71
Module 2: Gesture Subset Selection......Page 72
Module 3: Command-Gesture Matching......Page 73
Obtaining the set of GV’s......Page 74
The Pareto Set......Page 75
Conclusions......Page 77
References......Page 78
Introduction......Page 79
System Setup......Page 80
Single-Camera Tracking......Page 82
Feature Types......Page 84
Time Warping......Page 85
Feature Selection......Page 86
Results......Page 87
Discussion......Page 89
Introduction......Page 91
Calibration: Skin Profile Capture......Page 92
Skin Color Classification......Page 94
Gestures Descriptors......Page 95
Hand Pose Gesture Matching......Page 97
Results and Discussion......Page 98
References......Page 101
Communication Gestures......Page 103
Tracking of Body Parts......Page 104
Evaluations......Page 106
Conclusion and Perspectives......Page 110
Introduction......Page 112
Posture Representation......Page 113
Making Data Temporally Invariant......Page 114
Results......Page 115
Conclusions......Page 117
Introduction......Page 118
Translation System: Overview......Page 119
Experimental Results......Page 120
Summary and Conclusions......Page 122
Introduction......Page 124
Related Work......Page 125
Clustering......Page 126
Generating New Samples......Page 127
MLLR......Page 128
Experiments......Page 129
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 130
References......Page 131
Introduction......Page 132
Motion Data......Page 133
Segmentation Scheme......Page 134
Coordination between Channels......Page 135
Timing Variations between Single Path Signs......Page 137
Proximalisation/Distalisation......Page 138
Weak Drop......Page 139
Gesture Specification and Generation Framework......Page 140
Conclusion and Future Works......Page 141
Introduction......Page 144
Sequential Belief Based Fusion......Page 145
Automatic Sign Cluster Identification......Page 146
eNTERFACE’06 ASL Database......Page 147
Hand and Face Detection......Page 148
Clustering for Sequential Fusion......Page 149
Results......Page 150
Conclusions......Page 152
References......Page 153
Related Work......Page 155
Describing Gestures with Humanoid Joint Model......Page 157
Evaluation and Future Work......Page 158
Conclusion......Page 160
Introduction......Page 161
Rudolf’s Laban Theory of Effort......Page 163
Expressive TAI Technical Set-Up......Page 164
Extraction of Expressive Features from TAIs......Page 165
Classification of Gestures According to Laban’s Effort Dimensions......Page 167
Representation of Gestures in a 2D Laban’s Space......Page 168
Analysis of Trajectories in the 2D Laban’s Space......Page 169
Conclusions......Page 170
References......Page 172
Introduction......Page 173
State of the Art......Page 174
Modality Preference and Behavior Expressivity......Page 175
Baseline and Dynamicline......Page 176
Behavior Quality Computation......Page 177
Distinctive Behavior Generation......Page 179
A Working Example......Page 181
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 182
Introduction......Page 185
System Architecture......Page 186
User Study and Discussion......Page 188
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 189
References......Page 190
Introduction......Page 191
Flexible Architecture......Page 192
Implementation......Page 193
Results......Page 194
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 195
Introduction......Page 197
Technical Approach......Page 198
Example: IDT Structure of a Virtual Construction Part......Page 200
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 201
Introduction......Page 203
Description of the System......Page 204
Emotion Computation......Page 205
Evaluation......Page 206
Conclusion......Page 207
References......Page 208
Introduction......Page 209
Designing the Gesture Repertoire......Page 210
Experiment 1: Observations in the $e$-BioLab......Page 211
Experiment 3: Automated System......Page 212
Discussion......Page 213
Introduction......Page 215
Geometry......Page 219
Effort......Page 221
The Perception-Action Cycle of Gestural Rendering......Page 222
References......Page 224
Introduction......Page 226
Method......Page 227
Change in Bowing Gestures......Page 228
Audio Comparison of the Two Bowing Gestures......Page 234
Conclusion and Future Directions......Page 235
Introduction......Page 237
Related Work......Page 238
Comparing Spatialization System Control Parameters......Page 239
Control Issues......Page 240
Gesture for Control of Spatialization......Page 241
Manipulating Sound Source Positions: The Spatial Performer......Page 242
Control of Sound Source Parameters: Instrumental Performers......Page 243
Controlling Room and Environment Parameters: The Spatial Conductor......Page 245
Discussion and Future Work......Page 246
Conclusion......Page 247
Introduction......Page 249
Perceptual Validation of Motion Segmentation......Page 250
Method......Page 251
Results......Page 252
Discussion and Conclusions......Page 253
References......Page 254
Introduction......Page 255
Communication Skills and Sign Communication Systems......Page 256
Specification and Development of the Multimedia Application......Page 257
Functional and Technical Design......Page 258
Content Creation and Edition......Page 259
Application Editing and Distribution......Page 260
Case Studies Short Description......Page 261
Conclusions......Page 263
References......Page 264
Introduction......Page 265
Ergonomic Analysis of a Disabled Person's Workplace......Page 266
An Analysis--Synthesis Framework......Page 267
Preliminary Results......Page 268
Conclusion......Page 269
Introduction......Page 271
Related Work......Page 272
Proposed Approach......Page 273
Preliminary Evaluation......Page 274
Position-Based Prototype......Page 275
Feature-Based Prototype......Page 276
Feature-Based Prototype Evaluation......Page 277
Position-Based Prototype......Page 279
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 280
References......Page 281
Critical Consideration on Related Works......Page 282
First Study. GESTURE VIEWPOINT and Word Retrieval......Page 284
Second Study – Gesture Viewpoint and Stories Retrieval......Page 286
Conclusion......Page 288
References......Page 290
back-matter......Page 292