A Proposal for Universal Sign Code and its Application to Developing Supporting System for the Hearing Handicapped People

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23300215
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Toyota National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Tsutomu 豊田工業高等専門学校, 情報工学科, 准教授 (80225044)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KANDA Kazuyuki 京都工芸繊維大学, 拡張コミュニティエイド研究センター, 特任教授 (70132123)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MORIMOTO Kazunari 京都工芸繊維大学, 大学院工芸科学研究科, 教授 (00127169) ; HARA Daisuke 豊田工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (00329822)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本手話 / 情報保障 / 聴覚障がい / 携帯情報端末 / USC / 手話コード

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We proposed a Universal Signing Code and developed its applicational system, in which we use a database and created a JSL-Japanese Dictionary that enables us to look in a sign to find its translation. We also created a system which supports the informational service in real time using a mobile terminal device. The remarkable result was the guide system in JSL at a public facility such as a museum. We held some experiments in public at Little World in Inuyama, Aichi, and Kagoshima City Aquarium.

Free Research Field

福祉工学