The design of a generic signing avatar animation system

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Zijl, L.
dc.contributor.advisorHerbst, B. M.en_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorBakkes, P. J.
dc.contributor.authorFourie, Jaco
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences. Institute for Applied Computer Science.
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-20T08:14:20Z
dc.date.available2011-10-20T08:14:20Z
dc.date.issued2006-12
dc.descriptionThesis (MScIng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH 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.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE 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.af
dc.format.extentvii, 75 leaves : ill.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17353
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectAvatars (Virtual reality) -- Designen_ZA
dc.subjectComputer animationen_ZA
dc.subjectAnimators -- Designen_ZA
dc.subjectSign language -- Computer-aided designen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Sign Languageen_ZA
dc.subjectAvators, Signingen_ZA
dc.subjectTheses -- Applied mathematicsen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Applied mathematicsen_ZA
dc.subjectTheses -- Computer scienceen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Computer scienceen_ZA
dc.titleThe design of a generic signing avatar animation systemen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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