Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Generating sentences from a library of signs implemented through a sparse set of key frames derived from the segmental structure of a phonetic model of ASL has the advantage of flexibility and efficiency, but lacks the lifelike detail of motion capture. These difficulties are compounded when faced with real-time generation and display. This paper describes a technique for automatically adding realism without the expense of manually animating the requisite detail. The new technique layers transparently over and modifies the primary motions dictated by the segmental model, and does so with very little computational cost, enabling real-time production and display. The paper also discusses avatar optimizations that can lower the rendering overhead in real-time displays.
Copyright Statement
Post-print
Publisher's Statement
Forthcoming - expected to be published in 2015.
Repository Citation
McDonald, John; Wolfe, Rosalee; Schnepp, Jerry C.; Hochgesang, Julie; Gorman Jamrozik, Diana; Stumbo, Marie; Berke, Larwan; Bialek, Melissa; and Thomas, Farah, "Automated Technique for Real-Time Production of Lifelike Animations of American Sign Language" (2015). Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications. 18.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/vcte_pub/18
Publication Date
2015
Publication Title
Universal Access in the Information Society