Patents by Inventor Indurkhya Nitin

Indurkhya Nitin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sign language translation system and method that includes analysis of dependence relationships between successive words
    Patent number: 5473705
    Abstract: A sign language translation system and method that not only recognizes words of a sign language but also supplements omitted words between the words of the sign language, to thereby generate a spoken language. The sign language translation system has an input unit for inputting at least the motion of hands, a language generating unit responsive to the inputted motion of hands for recognizing the words corresponding to the motion of hands and generating a spoken language using the relationship between the recognized words, and an output unit for outputting the generated spoken language. The sign language translation system and method can translate a sign language into an easy-to-understand spoken language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Abe, Hiroshi Sakou, Hirohiko Sagawa, Indurkhya Nitin