Animation Samples
Animations from Article Entitled: Data-Driven Synthesis of Spatially Inflected Verbs for American Sign Language Animation
TACCESS Journal Article, 2011
Pengfei Lu and Matt Huenerfauth
Verbs Studied in Sections 6 and 7 of This Paper
We studied five ASL verbs in sections 6 and 7 of this paper:
- ASK1h: A one-handed sign in which the signer's dominant hand moves from the subject location toward the object location while the extended index finger begins to bend.
- GIVE2h: A two-handed sign in which the signer's hands move as a pair from a location near the subject location (the giver) toward the object location (the person to whom something is given).
- MEET: A two-handed sign in which the signer's hands move toward each other, each starting at locations near the subject and object of the verb (the two people meeting). This verb is symmetrical in its performance: the right hand is used for the entity on the right side (whether subject or object), and the left hand is used for the entity on the left side.
- SCOLD: A one-handed sign in which the signer's dominant hand with an index finger extended points to the object (the person being scolded) and wags up and down. This verb only inflects for object location.
- TELL: A one-handed sign in which the signer's dominant hand with index finger extended moves from the mouth toward the location of the object (the person being told something). This verb only inflects for object location.
The links below will display animations in Quicktime MOV video format.
Animations of Uninflected Versions of Five ASL Verbs
ask1h-uninflected, give2h-uninflected, meet-uninflected, scold-uninflected, tell-uninflected.
Animations of Inflected Versions Produced by a Human Animator
ask1h-human, give2h-human, meet-human, scold-human, tell-human.
Animations of Inflected Versions Produced by Our Model
ask1h-model, give2h-model, meet-model, scold-model, tell-model.
Animations of ASK Inflected Different Ways
This shows the verb ASK with different arrangements of subject and object locations.
ask1h-model left to right, ask1h-model left to "you", ask1h-model right to left, ask1h-model right to "you", ask1h-model "you" to left, ask1h-model "you" to right.
Verbs Studied in Section 8 of This Paper
We studied four ASL verbs in section 8 of this paper:
- ASK1h: A one-handed sign in which the signer's dominant hand moves from the subject location toward the object location while the extended index finger begins to bend.
- COPY: A two-handed sign in which the signer's a flat hand is positioned near the object (person/thing being copied) and the dominant hand is moved from the flat hand and toward the subject (copier)
- EMAIL: A two-handed sign in which the signer's non- dominant hand makes a C-shape and the dominant hand moves from the subject (sender) toward the object (recipient), passing through the C-shaped hand along the way.
- SEND: A one-handed sign in which the signer's non-dominant hand makes a loose flat surface and the dominant hand rests atop the back of the non- dominant hand, then the dominant hand moves from the subject (sender) toward the object (recipient/destination).
The links below will display animations in Quicktime MOV video format.
Animations of Uninflected Versions of Four ASL Verbs
ask1h-uninflected, copy-uninflected, email-uninflected, send-uninflected.
Animations of Inflected Versions Produced by a Human Animator
ask1h-human, copy-human, email-human, send-human.
Animations of Inflected Versions Produced by Our Original Model from Section 6 of the Paper
ask1h-model, copy-model, email-model, send-model.