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KR-20260063201-A - Server for supporting sign language interpretation and Program for participating in sign language interpretation

KR20260063201AKR 20260063201 AKR20260063201 AKR 20260063201AKR-20260063201-A

Abstract

A sign language interpretation support server is provided. The sign language interpretation support server may include: a conversation context estimation unit that estimates the communication connection context of the deaf person from the previously established seed communication of the deaf person when communication is established between the deaf person and the hearing person and the sign language interpreter who supports the conversation between the deaf person and the hearing person; and a conversation context relay provision unit that provides information related to the communication connection context estimated by the conversation context estimation unit to the terminal of the sign language interpreter so that relay conversation of the deaf person is possible.

Inventors

  • 박성환

Assignees

  • 주식회사 데프워크

Dates

Publication Date
20260507
Application Date
20241030

Claims (7)

  1. When communication is established between a deaf person and a hearing person and a sign language interpreter supporting conversation between the deaf person and the hearing person, a conversation context estimation unit that estimates the communication connection context of the deaf person from the previously established seed communication of the deaf person; and A sign language interpretation support server comprising: a conversation context relay providing unit that provides information related to the communication connection context estimated by the conversation context estimating unit to the terminal of the sign language interpreter, so as to enable relay conversation of the deaf person.
  2. In Article 1, The above conversation context estimation unit generates information related to the above seed conversation based on a seed conversation learning model, wherein The above seed conversation learning model is an AI-based model trained to learn and summarize the seed conversation data of the above deaf person, a sign language interpretation support server.
  3. In Article 2, The above seed conversation learning model is a sign language interpretation support server that analyzes the deaf person's intention to converse with the hearing person from the deaf person's seed conversation data and provides a set of candidates for the analyzed deaf person's intention.
  4. In Paragraph 3, A sign language interpretation support server that analyzes the intent of the deaf person based on at least one of the following: location information of the deaf person, distance information between the deaf person and the hearing person, call time information, and category information regarding the type of the hearing person.
  5. In Article 2, The above seed conversation data includes weekly sign language interpretation usage, average sign language interpretation usage time per session, previous sign language interpretation usage information, the most recent sign language interpretation history with a currently connected hearing person, and the most recent sign language interpretation history with a hearing person included in the same category as the type of the currently connected hearing person, sign language interpretation support server.
  6. In Article 5, The above seed conversation data further includes ambient background sounds recorded during the conversation between the deaf person and the hearing person, a sign language interpretation support server.
  7. When sign language interpretation is requested from the server, an acceptance input step in which an input module is executed to allow the sign language interpreter to input whether to accept the sign language interpretation; and A sign language interpretation participation program stored on a computer-readable recording medium to execute a conversation context relay providing step in which a conversation context relay providing module is executed so that a sign language interpreter who has accepted the sign language interpretation can check on a screen information related to the communication connection context estimated from the previously performed seed communication of the deaf person for a relay conversation of the deaf person connected to the hearing person.

Description

Server for supporting sign language interpretation and Program for participating in sign language interpretation The present invention relates to a sign language interpretation support server and a sign language interpretation participation program, and more specifically, to a sign language interpretation support server and a sign language interpretation participation program that enables relay conversation among deaf people. Deaf people are defined as individuals with hearing impairments who use Korean Sign Language as their everyday language within Deaf culture, while hearing people are defined as non-disabled individuals as the opposite of deaf people, based on auditory ability. In this case, since the majority of hearing people do not know or fully understand sign language, it is common for communication between deaf people and hearing people who do not know sign language to take place through a sign language interpreter. However, in the conventional case, for sign language interpretation to take place, a video call with a sign language interpreter is first attempted by the deaf person, and while waiting for a connection, once the video call is accepted by the interpreter, the deaf person notifies the interpreter of the desired number. Next, a sign language interpreter who has been notified of the desired number attempts to connect to that number, and if the connection is accepted by the listener of that number, the sign language interpreter provides sign language interpretation services to the listener of that number. Sign language interpretation begins only when the suggested sign language interpretation service is accepted by the hearing person. As such, conventionally, there was the inconvenience of having to go through several steps for sign language interpretation. Meanwhile, a situation may arise where a deaf person who has used sign language interpretation services needs to converse again with a hearing person they previously spoke with a few days later. In this case, a different sign language interpreter than before may be assigned for the conversation between them. Since the newly assigned interpreter is unaware of the existing context of the conversation between the deaf and hearing individuals, the interpretation may not be smooth, and consequently, the context of the conversation may be interrupted. Furthermore, even if the same sign language interpreter is assigned, that interpreter may not remember the conversation they previously shared, and in this case as well, the context of the conversation may be interrupted. In this way, when the context of the conversation is interrupted, deaf people inevitably feel frustrated. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a sign language interpretation support server according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a sign language interpretation support server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a sign language interpreter assignment unit of a sign language interpretation support server according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a video receiving unit of a sign language interpretation support server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 5 to 7 are schematic diagrams illustrating an image providing unit of a sign language interpretation support server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a conversation context relay providing unit of a sign language interpretation support server according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 9 and FIGS. 10 are example diagrams showing information related to the communication connection context of a deaf person provided to a sign language interpreter terminal through a conversation context relay providing unit of a sign language interpretation support server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the steps of executing a sign language interpretation participation program according to one embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. However, the technical concept of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein and may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments introduced herein are provided to ensure that the disclosed content is thorough and complete and to ensure that the concept of the present invention is sufficiently conveyed to those skilled in the art. In this specification, when a component is described as being on another component, it means that it may be formed directly on the other component or that a third component may be interposed between them. Additionally, in the drawings, shapes and sizes are exaggerated for the effective illustration of the technical conte