Patent ID: 9495351
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G09B

Claim Text:
1. A method for writing sign language using a standard keyboard comprising: receiving sign language images representing a specific meaning of words, wherein the sign language images showing hand shapes, hand movement, head locations, arm locations and body locations; dividing the sign language images into a plurality of regions; extracting manual markers from the plurality of regions, wherein the manual markers define the hand shapes and the hand movement; associating the manual markers to a first set of symbols on the standard keyboard; extracting non-manual markers from the plurality of regions, wherein the non-manual markers define tongue, lips and eyebrow positions; associating the non-manual markers to a second set of symbols on the standard keyboard, wherein the second set of symbols are different from the first set of symbols; extracting timing markers from the sign language images, wherein the timing markers define timing of the hand movement and repetition of the hand movement; associating the timing markers to a third set of symbols on the standard keyboard, wherein the third set of symbols are different from both the first set and the second set of symbols; converting the sign language images into character strings as the writing sign language based on the first set symbols, the second set symbols and the third set symbols associated on the standard keyboard.