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This document describes the development of a flex sensor glove that translates American Sign Language (ASL) gestures into written words. A flex sensor is placed on each finger to detect finger positions and convert them into electrical signals. These signals are processed by a microcontroller and circuit board to identify the corresponding letter or word. An initial sample of ASL gestures was trained into the system to display the translation on an LCD screen. While the prototype was able to successfully reproduce the trained gestures, further improvements could allow it to recognize the full ASL alphabet for use by deaf or speech-impaired individuals.

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Eee 499 Example Poster

This document describes the development of a flex sensor glove that translates American Sign Language (ASL) gestures into written words. A flex sensor is placed on each finger to detect finger positions and convert them into electrical signals. These signals are processed by a microcontroller and circuit board to identify the corresponding letter or word. An initial sample of ASL gestures was trained into the system to display the translation on an LCD screen. While the prototype was able to successfully reproduce the trained gestures, further improvements could allow it to recognize the full ASL alphabet for use by deaf or speech-impaired individuals.

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Development of a Flex Sensor Glove

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Abstract
A flex sensor glove is designed and constructed to translate hand gestures into words.
The system is trained with a small sample of gestures based on the American Sign
Language (ASL). A gesture is translated into the written word and displayed on a
computer screen or LCD display.
American Sign Language Alphabet

Signal Flow Chart


Glove

Flex
Sensor

Flex
Sensor
Circuit

MCU

LCD

Main Components
Flex Sensor, op. amp, PIC,
microcontroller, LCD, battery, glove.

Main board and Glove


A flex sensor is placed on each finger in order to
convert finger positions into electric signals. The
signals are processed by the circuit and PIC
program, which constitute the translator part of the
prototype. The combination of the processed signals
gives a letter that the gesture corresponds to in ASL.
Conclusion
The flex sensor glove prototype successfully reproduces a small sample of ASL gestures after
careful training. Further improvements to the hardware and software would allow for training of
the remaining ASL characters yielding a system that would be useful for hearing- and speechimpairment people.
References:
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~amulder/personal/vmi/PCVR.html
How to build an instrumented glove based on the Power glove flex sensors.
http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~rchapman/Cmpe401/lab1.html
Lab for Computer Interfacing course at the University of Alberta using a flex sensor.
http://www.robotmag.com/robotics/h-bend-sensors.html
"Playing with Bend Sensors" by Marvin Green in Robot Science & Technology online supplement.

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