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Smart gloves for hand gesture recognition: Sign language to speech conversion system

Publication Type : Conference Paper

Publisher : International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications,

Source : International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, RAHA 2016 - Conference Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (2017)

Url : https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85025664554&doi=10.1109%2fRAHA.2016.7931887&partnerID=40&md5=a9846109f80ab4648ced042d9f2d7745

ISBN : 9781509052035

Keywords : Flex sensor, Gaming, Gesture recognition, Glove, Indian sign languages, Inertial measurement unit, Medical fields, Palmprint recognition, Robotics, Speech recognition, State estimation, State estimation methods, Three dimensional space, Units of measurement

Campus : Bengaluru

School : School of Engineering

Department : Electronics and Communication

Year : 2017

Abstract : People with speech impairment find it difficult to communicate in a society where most of the people do not understand sign language. The idea proposed in this paper is a smart glove which can convert sign language to speech output. The glove is embedded with flex sensors and an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) to recognize the gesture. A novel method of State Estimation has been developed to track the motion of hand in three dimensional spaces. The prototype was tested for its feasibility in converting Indian Sign Language to voice output. Though the glove is intended for sign language to speech conversion, it is a multipurpose glove and finds its applications in gaming, robotics and medical field. © 2016 IEEE.

Cite this Research Publication : K. A. Bhaskaran, Nair, A. G., Ram, K. D., Ananthanarayanan, K., and Nandi Vardhan H. R., “Smart gloves for hand gesture recognition: Sign language to speech conversion system”, in International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, RAHA 2016 - Conference Proceedings, 2017.

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