Sign language keyboard and sign language searching apparatus using the same
OwnerJunto Ohkiinventor
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Abstract
Expression by sign language can be inputted more easily and reliably, and search can be performed therefor as well. A general-purpose keyboard is divided into finger input areas in which shapes of fingers are allotted to respective key tops and upper body input areas in which divided portions of an upper body of a sign language talker are allotted to key tops so that information, which is meant by the sign language, can be inputted by the aid of the keyboard in cooperation of key inputs of the respective areas.
Claims6
An input apparatus for inputting sign language information to express a meaning content in cooperation of a finger action and a non-finger action, the input apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of upper body input keys in which divided upper body portions of a talker are assigned to the respective upper body input keys and each of the divided upper body portions is selected and inputted, the upper body input keys being arranged adjacent to each other according to a relative positional relation of the assigned upper body portion;
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- finger input keys in which shapes of fingers are allotted thereto one by one and each of the shapes of the fingers is selected and inputted,
- wherein:
- a sign language expression, which is dynamically changeable, can be inputted by discriminating, by an input discrimination unit, the shape of the finger inputted by the finger input key, and the portion of the upper body inputted by the upper body input key.
A sign language searching apparatus for searching meaning information of sign language from a finger action and a non-finger action, the searching apparatus comprising an input unit comprising:
- a plurality of upper body input keys in which divided upper body portions of a talker are assigned to the respective upper body input keys and each of the divided upper body portions is selected and inputted, the upper body input keys being arranged adjacent to each other according to relative positional relation of the assigned upper body portion;
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- finger input keys in which shapes of fingers are allotted thereto one by one and each of the shapes of the fingers is selected and inputted;
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- a control unit which acquires finger action information from an input from the finger input key of the input unit and which thereafter predicts non-finger action information possibly combined with the finger action information from an input from the upper body input key to read a significant word composed of a combination of the finger action information and the non-finger action information stored in a storage unit so that the significant word is displayed on a display unit.
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