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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Zhengyu Zhou, Fremont, CA (US);
Tobias Menne, Halvar, DE;
Kehuang Li, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kui Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhe Feng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chin-Hui Lee, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for sign language recognition includes receiving, with an input device, an input based on a plurality of hand movements and postures of a user that correspond to a sequence of signs, extracting a plurality of features from the input corresponding to the plurality of hand movements and postures, identifying, a start of the sequence of signs in the input based on a first set of features in the plurality of features and a first Hidden Markov Model (HMM) stored in the memory and identifying a first sign in the input based on a second set of features in the plurality of features and a second HMM stored in the memory. The method also includes generating an output corresponding to the first sign from the input.