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Development of Wearable Sign Language Learning Support Equipment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K11595
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 62030:Learning support system-related
Research InstitutionNagano National College of Technology

Principal Investigator

FUJISAWA YOSHINORI  長野工業高等専門学校, 電子情報工学科, 教授 (00342494)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 伊藤 祥一  長野工業高等専門学校, 電子情報工学科, 准教授 (10369978)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywordsウェアラブルデバイス / 聴覚障害 / 指文字 / 手話 / 三次元モデル / 学習支援 / 拡張現実 / 複合現実 / 聴覚障害者 / モーションキャプチャ / ハンドトラッキング / 認識
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to implement a function to learn not only fingerspelling but also sign language words using a wearable device. In addition, we also tried to implement a function to recognize and visualize the other fingerspelling. For sign language words, the main problem was how to easily create 3 dimensional models of sign languages, and we created several types of 3 dimensional models. For the recognition of fingerspelling, we tried two different methods and succeeded in recognizing a lot of fingerspelling using the functions of the wearable device. The fingerspelling that could not be recognized had common features, and one of our future works is needed to consider recognition methods for these fingerspelling. We have not yet verified the learning efficiency of the wearable device during the period of this study.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では,メガネ型のウェアラブルデバイスを使い,指文字の学習だけでなく,手話の学習もおこなえる機能の実装を試みた.これは,両手が自由に使えるメガネ型ウェアラブルデバイスを使う最大の利点であり,これまでにないデバイスの利用方法であると言える.また,本研究では,実際に聴覚障害者の方にデバイスを装着してもらい,ウェアラブルデバイスを装着しての学習の有用性について意見をもらっている.さらに,ろう学校の指導的な立場の方からの意見で学習者自身が指文字や手話を使えることも大事だが,相手の指文字や手話を正しく理解できるようになることも大事であるという意見もあり,指文字の認識についての実装に至っている.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Development of Learning Support Equipment for SignLanguage and Fingerspelling by Mixed Reality2019

    • Author(s)
      Natsuhiko Hirabayashi, Nami Fujikawa, RyoheiYoshimura and YoshinoriFujisawa
    • Journal Title

      the ACIS International Conference on Applied Computing & Information Technology proceedings

      Volume: 1 Pages: 99-104

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ウェアラブルデバイスを使った指文字の認識2020

    • Author(s)
      杉山早紀,藤澤義範
    • Organizer
      日本福祉工学会第24回学術講演会講演論文集
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Development of Learning Support Equipment for SignLanguage and Fingerspelling by Mixed Reality2019

    • Author(s)
      Natsuhiko Hirabayashi, Nami Fujikawa, RyoheiYoshimura and YoshinoriFujisawa
    • Organizer
      ACIT2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 指文字・手話の学習支援教材の開発2019

    • Author(s)
      藤澤義範,原田俊樹,伊藤祥一
    • Organizer
      第34回リハ工学カンファレンス
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Microsoft HoloLens を用いた指文字の学習支援機器2018

    • Author(s)
      藤川奈美,平林夏彦,藤澤義範
    • Organizer
      JapanATフォーラム2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] the ACIS International Conference on Applied Computing & Information Technology (ACIT2019)2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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