A new 2D static hand gesture colour image dataset for ASL gestures
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2011
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Massey University
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Abstract
It usually takes a fusion of image processing and machine learning algorithms in order to
build a fully-functioning computer vision system for hand gesture recognition. Fortunately,
the complexity of developing such a system could be alleviated by treating the system as a
collection of multiple sub-systems working together, in such a way that they can be dealt
with in isolation. Machine learning need to feed on thousands of exemplars (e.g. images,
features) to automatically establish some recognisable patterns for all possible classes (e.g.
hand gestures) that applies to the problem domain. A good number of exemplars helps, but
it is also important to note that the efficacy of these exemplars depends on the variability
of illumination conditions, hand postures, angles of rotation, scaling and on the number of
volunteers from whom the hand gesture images were taken. These exemplars are usually
subjected to image processing first, to reduce the presence of noise and extract the important
features from the images. These features serve as inputs to the machine learning system.
Different sub-systems are integrated together to form a complete computer vision system for
gesture recognition. The main contribution of this work is on the production of the exemplars.
We discuss how a dataset of standard American Sign Language (ASL) hand gestures containing
2425 images from 5 individuals, with variations in lighting conditions and hand postures is
generated with the aid of image processing techniques. A minor contribution is given in
the form of a specific feature extraction method called moment invariants, for which the
computation method and the values are furnished with the dataset.
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Hand gesture recognition, Machine learning, American Sign Language (ASL), Computer vision, Feature extraction, Image processing, Image dataset, Hand image database
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Barczak, A.L.C., Reyes, N.H., Abastillas, M., Piccio, A., Susnjak, T. (2011), A new 2D static hand gesture colour image dataset for ASL gestures, Research Letters in the Information and Mathematical Sciences, 15, 12-20