A prototype of a Japanese Sign Language Communication Agent Model based on Information Infrastructure

信息基础设施的快速发展使交互式通信成为可能。我们构建了一个使用医学诊断专用词汇的交互式日语手语界面，实现了一个支持听人与聋人灵活交流的在线系统。为实现该系统，将以下各项技术要素分别发扬光大；第1-3项由山口先生提出，第4项由卡玛塔先生提出。日本手语动作的识别日本手语运动的登记与学习日本手语动画的一代。今年，我们将上述1-3个项目整合到一个日语手语交互界面中。在这个系统中，医生的讲话被显示为动画的日本手语。相反，病人的手语被转换成日文。通过这种方式，该系统支持医生和病人之间的对话，就好像他们在直接交谈一样。我们增加了两个功能：一是对项目1的手部形状识别，二是利用基于混沌检索的创造性思维，为聋人提供易于看到的显示。我们在这个系统中使用了关于第4项的可用数据。经过这些改进，我们的系统在识别和显示方面都取得了较好的效果。

An interactive communication has been made possible by a rapid advance in Information Infrastructure. We constructed an interactive Japanese sign language interface using vocabulary specific to medical diagnoses and realized an online system which supports flexible communication between hearing people and deaf people. To realize this system, technical elements shown in the following items have been carried forward individually ; items 1-3 by Mr.Yamaguchi and item 4 by Mr.Kamata.1.Recognition of Japanese sign language movements2.Registration and learining if Japanese sign language movements3.Generation of Japanese sign language animation4.Construction of a characteristic expression database in Japanese sign languageThis year, we integrated the above-mentioned items 1-3 into one interactive Japanese sign language interface. In this system, a doctor's speech is displayd as animated Japanese sign language. Conversely, a patient's sign language is converted into Japanese script. In this way, this system supports a conversation between a doctor and a patient as if they were speaking to each other directly. We added two functions : first, a hand shape recognition to item 1 and second, a display which is easy to see for deaf people using creative thinking based on chaotic retrieval. And we have used the data available regarding item 4 for this system. As a result of these improvements, we have gotten better results of recognition and display than the previous system.