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We introduce MotionScript, a novel framework for generating highly detailed, natural language descriptions of 3D human motions. Unlike existing motion datasets that rely on broad action labels or generic captions, MotionScript provides…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Payam Jome Yazdian , Rachel Lagasse , Hamid Mohammadi , Eric Liu , Li Cheng , Angelica Lim

Communication barriers pose significant challenges for individuals with hearing and speech impairments, often limiting their ability to effectively interact in everyday environments. This project introduces a real-time assistive technology…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Brandone Fonya , Clarence Worrell

Continuous Sign Language Recognition (CSLR) faces multiple challenges, including significant inter-signer variability and poor generalization to novel sentence structures. Traditional solutions frequently fail to handle these issues…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Md Rezwanul Haque , Md. Milon Islam , S M Taslim Uddin Raju , Fakhri Karray

We present a novel motion generation approach for robot arms, with high degrees of freedom, in complex settings that can adapt online to obstacles or new via points. Learning from Demonstration facilitates rapid adaptation to new tasks and…

Sign(ed) languages use gestures, such as hand or head movements, for communication. Sign language recognition is an assistive technology for individuals with hearing disability and its goal is to improve such individuals' life quality by…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-11-04 Mohammad Eslami , Mahdi Karami , Sedigheh Eslami , Solale Tabarestani , Farah Torkamani-Azar , Christoph Meinel

We present R3-Avatar, incorporating a temporal codebook, to overcome the inability of human avatars to be both animatable and of high-fidelity rendering quality. Existing video-based reconstruction of 3D human avatars either focuses solely…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Yifan Zhan , Wangze Xu , Qingtian Zhu , Muyao Niu , Mingze Ma , Yifei Liu , Zhihang Zhong , Xiao Sun , Yinqiang Zheng

Speech-driven 3D face animation technique, extending its applications to various multimedia fields. Previous research has generated promising realistic lip movements and facial expressions from audio signals. However, traditional regression…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Ziqiao Peng , Yihao Luo , Yue Shi , Hao Xu , Xiangyu Zhu , Jun He , Hongyan Liu , Zhaoxin Fan

Recently, text-guided digital portrait editing has attracted more and more attentions. However, existing methods still struggle to maintain consistency across time, expression, and view or require specific data prerequisites. To solve these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Haiyao Xiao , Chenglai Zhong , Xuan Gao , Yudong Guo , Juyong Zhang

The diversity of sign representation is essential for Sign Language Production (SLP) as it captures variations in appearance, facial expressions, and hand movements. However, existing SLP models are often unable to capture diversity while…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Mohamed Ilyes Lakhal , Richard Bowden

Photo-realistic and controllable 3D avatars are crucial for various applications such as virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR), telepresence, gaming, and film production. Traditional methods for avatar creation often involve time-consuming…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Keqiang Sun , Amin Jourabloo , Riddhish Bhalodia , Moustafa Meshry , Yu Rong , Zhengyu Yang , Thu Nguyen-Phuoc , Christian Haene , Jiu Xu , Sam Johnson , Hongsheng Li , Sofien Bouaziz

It has always been a rather tough task to communicate with someone possessing a hearing impairment. One of the most tested ways to establish such a communication is through the use of sign based languages. However, not many people are aware…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Sharanya Mukherjee , Md Hishaam Akhtar , Kannadasan R

In this paper, we propose a novel approach to convert given speech audio to a photo-realistic speaking video of a specific person, where the output video has synchronized, realistic, and expressive rich body dynamics. We achieve this by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Miao Liao , Sibo Zhang , Peng Wang , Hao Zhu , Xinxin Zuo , Ruigang Yang

Sign language understanding has made significant strides; however, there is still no viable solution for generating sign sequences directly from entire spoken content, e.g., text or speech. In this paper, we propose a unified framework for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Jian Ma , Wenguan Wang , Yi Yang , Feng Zheng

Artificial agents, particularly humanoid robots, interact with their environment, objects, and people using cameras, actuators, and physical presence. Their communication methods are often pre-programmed, limiting their actions and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Federico Tavella , Aphrodite Galata , Angelo Cangelosi

While previous approaches to 3D human motion generation have achieved notable success, they often rely on extensive training and are limited to specific tasks. To address these challenges, we introduce Motion-Agent, an efficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Qi Wu , Yubo Zhao , Yifan Wang , Xinhang Liu , Yu-Wing Tai , Chi-Keung Tang

Sign language transition generation seeks to convert discrete sign language segments into continuous sign videos by synthesizing smooth transitions. However,most existing methods merely concatenate isolated signs, resulting in poor visual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Jiashu He , Jiayi He , Shengeng Tang , Huixia Ben , Lechao Cheng , Richang Hong

Text-guided human body animation has advanced rapidly, yet facial animation lags due to the scarcity of well-annotated, text-paired facial corpora. To close this gap, we leverage foundation generative models to synthesize a large, balanced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Luchuan Song , Pinxin Liu , Haiyang Liu , Zhenchao Jin , Yolo Yunlong Tang , Zichong Xu , Susan Liang , Jing Bi , Jason J Corso , Chenliang Xu

Sign Language Production (SLP) is the process of converting the complex input text into a real video. Most previous works focused on the Text2Gloss, Gloss2Pose, Pose2Vid stages, and some concentrated on Prompt2Gloss and Text2Avatar stages.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Sen Fang , Yalin Feng , Hongbin Zhong , Yanxin Zhang , Dimitris N. Metaxas

The automated generation of interactive 3D cities is a critical challenge with broad applications in autonomous driving, virtual reality, and embodied intelligence. While recent advances in generative models and procedural techniques have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Zishan Liu , Zecong Tang , RuoCheng Wu , Xinzhe Zheng , Jingyu Hu , Ka-Hei Hui , Haoran Xie , Bo Dai , Zhengzhe Liu

Face animation is a challenging task. Existing model-based methods (utilizing 3DMMs or landmarks) often result in a model-like reconstruction effect, which doesn't effectively preserve identity. Conversely, model-free approaches face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Lei Zhu , Yuanqi Chen , Xiaohang Liu , Thomas H. Li , Ge Li