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  <Title>A CLASSIFICATION METHOI) FOR JAPANESE SIGNS USING MANUAL MOTION DESCRIPTIONS</Title>
  <Section position="5" start_page="966" end_page="966" type="concl">
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5. CONCLUDING REMARKS
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    <Paragraph position="0"> We' haw~ pr~q~osed a new chtssiii,:'aliou reel.hod J'&lt;)I' signs in .ISL. The tnethod is has,~&gt;,.l c,u tlw simihu'il.y between the' wMml descril)tions oI: sign+'-:, called Me~u'ual Molio~ Descriptiou (M M I)). The siluilarity of sigus &lt;:a.t~ be cot~sidc'red as a.n internal a.ugle I',ei.we,m \[i&amp;quot;a.ture w'~cl.ors rel+resel~te+&lt;+l as 1mints iu t.he n-dimc+usi,:mal I!;u(-lidea.n SF, a.c~.. By (;Otnl'ml.ing fl':at.ure~ vecl.c, rs of ?~ i)rol;,erl.ies from MMDs and Idol.tiug theut iu the 'n+ dimensional l!;m:lidean SF, aCe, an augle hetweei~ two wwturs c;m hc cc, ttsMered as l,he similarily bc'l,weeu lhl' Lv./o sigus. As a chtssilicaiiuu nl('l.h,:~d, wl' have iut.roduced a \[iuilc' set of sigus divided imo cqnivalcncc class~,s ul~ th&lt;' equiwfllm,::e relation with the. k h.v,:.l.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> As fm'l.lter research directi,ms, we will apF, ly t.his simila.ril.y measure t.o the rc'tricval c,f the simihu' signs iu Sig, Elcclr+mic l)icliouarg (SEI)). Whet~ '.vc lo(ik at at, tlll\]ittW',Vll Sigtl, if t.h,, sigll IlIol,ioll +llHtge (+all I'~(' l+el'Jre setlt,ed usiug the \[\)rtu ,)f MMI)s, lh+e I:,~,st matdwd sign ~r the +.;igl~ I'amily cau he ret,ri,:wed by cC, mlmting tim similarity amoug a giveu MMI) atv:l MMI)s ,:d' sigus iu gel).</Paragraph>
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