A video coding system for sign language communication at low bit rates

Dimitris Agrafiotis; Nishan Canagarajah; David R. Bull; Jim Kyle; Helen Seers; Matthew Dye

doi:10.1109/ICIP.2004.1418785

A video coding system for sign language communication at low bit rates

Dimitris Agrafiotis, Nishan Canagarajah, David R. Bull, Jim Kyle, Helen Seers, Matthew Dye

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Abstract

The ability to communicate remotely through the use of video as promised by wireless networks and already practiced over fixed networks, is for deaf people as important as voice telephony is for hearing people. Sign languages are visual-spatial languages and as such demand good image quality for interaction and understanding. In this paper, based on analysis of the viewers perceptual behavior and the video content involved we propose a sign language video coding system using foveated processing, which can lead to bit rate savings without compromising the comprehension of the coded sequence. We support this claim with the results of an initial comprehension assessment trial of such coded sequences by deaf users.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	433-436
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	0780385543
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2004.1418785
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004 - , Singapore Duration: Oct 24 2004 → Oct 27 2004

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Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	1522-4880

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Other	2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004
Country/Territory	Singapore
Period	10/24/04 → 10/27/04

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Agrafiotis, D., Canagarajah, N., Bull, D. R., Kyle, J., Seers, H., & Dye, M. (2004). A video coding system for sign language communication at low bit rates. In 2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004 (pp. 433-436). (Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP; Vol. 1). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2004.1418785

A video coding system for sign language communication at low bit rates. / Agrafiotis, Dimitris; Canagarajah, Nishan; Bull, David R. et al.
2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004. IEEE Computer Society, 2004. p. 433-436 (Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Agrafiotis, D, Canagarajah, N, Bull, DR, Kyle, J, Seers, H & Dye, M 2004, A video coding system for sign language communication at low bit rates. in 2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004. Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP, vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 433-436, 2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004, Singapore, 10/24/04. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2004.1418785

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