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The design of a generic signing avatar animation system
Thesis (MScIng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
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| author | Fourie, Jaco |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/17353 The design of a generic signing avatar animation system Fourie, Jaco Van Zijl, L. Bakkes, P. J. Herbst, B. M. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences. Institute for Applied Computer Science. Avatars (Virtual reality) -- Design Computer animation Animators -- Design Sign language -- Computer-aided design South African Sign Language Avators, Signing Theses -- Applied mathematics Dissertations -- Applied mathematics Theses -- Computer science Dissertations -- Computer science Thesis (MScIng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: We designed a generic avatar animator for use in sign language related projects. The animator is capable of animating any given avatar that is compliant with the H-Anim standard for humanoid animation. The system was designed with the South African Sign Language Machine Translation (SASL-MT) project in mind, but can easily be adapted to other sign language projects due to its generic design. An avatar that is capable of accurately performing sign language gestures is a special kind of avatar and is referred to as a signing avatar. In this thesis we investigate the special characteristics of signing avatars and address the issue of finding a generic design for the animation of such an avatar. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ons het ’n generiese karakteranimasiestelsel ontwikkel vir gebruik in gebaretaal verwante projekte. Die animasiestelsel het die vermo¨e om enige karaktermodel wat met die H-Anim standaard versoenbaar is, te animeer. Die animasiestelsel is ontwerp met die oog op gebruik in die South African Sign Language Machine Translation (SASL-MT) projek, maar kan maklik aangepas word vir ander gebaretaalprojekte te danke aan die generiese ontwerp. ’n Karaktermodel wat in staat is om gebare akkuraat te maak is ’n spesiale tipe karaktermodel wat bekend staan as ’n gebaretaal avatar (Engels : signing avatar). In hierdie tesis ondersoek ons die spesiale eienskappe van ’n gebaretaal avatar en beskou die soektog na ’n generiese ontwerp vir die animering van so ’n karaktermodel. 2011-10-20T08:14:20Z 2011-10-20T08:14:20Z 2006-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17353 en_ZA University of Stellenbosch vii, 75 leaves : ill. application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Avatars (Virtual reality) -- Design Computer animation Animators -- Design Sign language -- Computer-aided design South African Sign Language Avators, Signing Theses -- Applied mathematics Dissertations -- Applied mathematics Theses -- Computer science Dissertations -- Computer science Fourie, Jaco The design of a generic signing avatar animation system |
| title | The design of a generic signing avatar animation system |
| title_full | The design of a generic signing avatar animation system |
| title_fullStr | The design of a generic signing avatar animation system |
| title_full_unstemmed | The design of a generic signing avatar animation system |
| title_short | The design of a generic signing avatar animation system |
| title_sort | design of a generic signing avatar animation system |
| topic | Avatars (Virtual reality) -- Design Computer animation Animators -- Design Sign language -- Computer-aided design South African Sign Language Avators, Signing Theses -- Applied mathematics Dissertations -- Applied mathematics Theses -- Computer science Dissertations -- Computer science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17353 |
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