PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sign language recognition method and an apparatus thereof for allowing a sign language user to accurately transfer the intention of the sign language user to an unspecified number of people.;SOLUTION: In a sign language recognition method and an apparatus 10 thereof for converting sign language into image data by using image acquisition means 12 and recognizing the converted image data as characters, the image acquisition means 12 is arranged on a front side of the trunk of a sign language user 11 who is performing sign language to image sign language by the sign language user 11. Then, the sign language is classified into a plurality of groups on the basis of feature information on the sign language. A database is previously created by storing characters corresponding to reference image data on the sign language. The feature information is extracted from the image data to specify a group in the database to which the image data belongs. The image data is compared with the reference image data in the specified group to recognize characters. The characters are output as a character image, voice, or a character image with voice.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT
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