Estimation of the number of states for gesture recognition with Hidden Markov Models based on the number of critical points in time sequence

Authors:
Michał Cholewa;PrzemysłAw GłOmb
Affiliations:
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland;Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Venue:
Pattern Recognition Letters
Year:
2013

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Abstract

This paper presents a method of choosing the number of states of a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based on the number of critical points in motion capture data. The choice of HMM parameters is crucial for recognizer's performance as it is the first step of the training and cannot be corrected automatically within an HMM. In this article we define the predictor of the number of states based on the number of critical points of a sequence and test its effectiveness against sample data from the IITiS Gesture Database.