Gesture Workshop 2007: Lisbon, Portugal

José Miguel Salles Dias, Sylvie Gibet, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Rafael Bastos (Eds.): Gesture-Based Human-Computer Interaction and Simulation, 7th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, May 23-25, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5085 Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-92864-5

Analysis and Synthesis of Gesture

Radu-Daniel Vatavu, Laurent Grisoni, Stefan Gheorghe Pentiuc:
Gesture Recognition Based on Elastic Deformation Energies. 1-12
Sylvie Gibet, Pierre-Francois Marteau:
Approximation of Curvature and Velocity for Gesture Segmentation and Synthesis. 13-23
Preben Fihl, Michael B. Holte, Thomas B. Moeslund:
Motion Primitives and Probabilistic Edit Distance for Action Recognition. 24-35

Herwin van Welbergen, Zsófia Ruttkay:
On the Parametrization of Clapping. 36-47
Barbara Mazzarino, Manuel Peinado, Ronan Boulic, Gualtiero Volpe, Marcelo M. Wanderley:
Improving the Believability of Virtual Characters Using Qualitative Gesture Analysis. 48-56
Helman Stern, Juan P. Wachs, Yael Edan:
A Method for Selection of Optimal Hand Gesture Vocabularies. 57-68

Jeroen Lichtenauer, Gineke A. ten Holt, Marcel J. T. Reinders, Emile A. Hendriks:
Person-Independent 3D Sign Language Recognition. 69-80
Rafael Bastos, José Miguel Salles Dias:
Skin Color Profile Capture for Scale and Rotation Invariant Hand Gesture Recognition. 81-92
Frédérick Gianni, Christophe Collet, Patrice Dalle:
Robust Tracking for Processing of Videos of Communication's Gestures. 93-101
Antoni Jaume-i-Capó, Javier Varona, Francisco J. Perales López:
Representation of Human Postures for Vision-Based Gesture Recognition in Real-Time. 102-107
Philippe Dreuw, Daniel Stein, Hermann Ney:
Enhancing a Sign Language Translation System with Vision-Based Features. 108-113

Chunli Wang, Xilin Chen, Wen Gao:
Generating Data for Signer Adaptation. 114-121
Alexis Heloir, Sylvie Gibet:
A Qualitative and Quantitative Characterisation of Style in Sign Language Gestures. 122-133
Oya Aran, Thomas Burger, Alice Caplier, Lale Akarun:
Sequential Belief-Based Fusion of Manual and Non-manual Information for Recognizing Isolated Signs. 134-144
Guillaume J.-L. Olivrin:
Gesture Modelling for Linguistic Purposes. 145-150

Antonio Camurri, Corrado Canepa, Simone Ghisio, Gualtiero Volpe:
Automatic Classification of Expressive Hand Gestures on Tangible Acoustic Interfaces According to Laban's Theory of Effort. 151-162
Maurizio Mancini, Catherine Pelachaud:
Implementing Distinctive Behavior for Conversational Agents. 163-174
Miguel Sales Dias, Rafael Bastos, João Fernandes, João Tavares, Pedro Santos:
Using Hand Gesture and Speech in a Multimodal Augmented Reality Environment. 175-180
Sebastian Ullrich, Jakob Valvoda, Marc Wolter, Gisela Fehrmann, Isa Werth, Ludwig Jaeger, Torsten Kuhlen:
A Virtual Reality-Based Framework for Experiments on Perception of Manual Gestures. 181-186
Christian Fröhlich, Peter Biermann, Marc Erich Latoschik, Ipke Wachsmuth:
Processing Iconic Gestures in a Multimodal Virtual Construction Environment. 187-192
Ginevra Castellano, Maurizio Mancini:
Analysis of Emotional Gestures for the Generation of Expressive Copying Behaviour in an Embodied Agent. 193-198
Wim Fikkert, Paul E. van der Vet, Han Rauwerda, Timo M. Breit, Anton Nijholt:
Gestures to Intuitively Control Large Displays. 199-204

Rolf Inge Godøy:
Geometry and Effort in Gestural Renderings of Musical Sound. 205-215
Nicolas H. Rasamimanana, Delphine Bernardin, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Frédéric Bevilacqua:
String Bowing Gestures at Varying Bow Stroke Frequencies: A Case Study. 216-226
Mark T. Marshall, Joseph Malloch, Marcelo M. Wanderley:
Gesture Control of Sound Spatialization for Live Musical Performance. 227-238
Donald Glowinski, Antonio Camurri, Carlo Chiorri, Barbara Mazzarino, Gualtiero Volpe:
Validation of an Algorithm for Segmentation of Full-Body Movement Sequences by Perception: A Pilot Experiment. 239-244

Ana Margarida P. Almeida, Teresa Condeço, Fernando Ramos, Álvaro Sousa, Luísa Cotrim, Sofia Macedo, Miguel Palha:
Signs Workshop: The Importance of Natural Gestures in the Promotion of Early Communication Skills of Children with Developmental Disabilities. 245-254
Matthieu Aubry, Frédéric Julliard, Sylvie Gibet:
The Ergonomic Analysis of the Workplace of Physically Disabled Individuals. 255-260

Tiago João Vieira Guerreiro, Ricardo Gamboa, Joaquim A. Jorge:
Mnemonical Body Shortcuts for Interacting with Mobile Devices. 261-271
Giorgio Merola:
The Effects of the Gesture Viewpoint on the Students' Memory of Words and Stories. 272-281