A Semantical & Analytical Approach for Zero Shot Gesture Learning

  • Naveen Madapana
  • , Juan P. Wachs

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Abstract

Zero shot learning (ZSL) is about being able to recognize gesture classes that were never seen before. This type of recognition involves the understanding that the presented gesture is a new form of expression from those observed so far, and yet carries embedded information universal to all the other gestures (also referred as context). As part of the same problem, it is required to determine what action/command this new gesture conveys, in order to react to the command autonomously. Research in this area may shed light to areas where ZSL occurs, such as spontaneous gestures. People perform gestures that may be new to the observer. This occurs when the gesturer is learning, solving a problem or acquiring a new language. The ability of having a machine recognizing spontaneous gesturing, in the same manner as humans do, would enable more fluent human-machine interaction. In this paper, we describe a new paradigm for ZSL based on adaptive learning, where it is possible to determine the amount of transfer learning carried out by the algorithm and how much knowledge is acquired from a new gesture observation. Another contribution is a procedure to determine what are the best semantic descriptors for a given command and how to use those as part of the ZSL approach proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FG 2017 - 1st International Workshop on Adaptive Shot Learning for Gesture Understanding and Production, ASL4GUP 2017, Biometrics in the Wild, Bwild 2017, Heterogeneous Face Recognition, HFR 2017, Joint Challenge on Dominant and Complementary Emotion Recognition Using Micro Emotion Features and Head-Pose Estimation, DCER and HPE 2017 and 3rd Facial Expression Recognition and Analysis Challenge, FERA 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages796-801
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509040230
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event12th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FG 2017 - Washington, United States
Duration: 30 May 20173 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FG 2017 - 1st International Workshop on Adaptive Shot Learning for Gesture Understanding and Production, ASL4GUP 2017, Biometrics in the Wild, Bwild 2017, Heterogeneous Face Recognition, HFR 2017, Joint Challenge on Dominant and Complementary Emotion Recognition Using Micro Emotion Features and Head-Pose Estimation, DCER and HPE 2017 and 3rd Facial Expression Recognition and Analysis Challenge, FERA 2017

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FG 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period30/05/173/06/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Media Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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