TY - GEN
T1 - A body sensor network for tracking and monitoring of functional arm motion
AU - Nguyen, Kim Doang
AU - Chen, I. Ming
AU - Luo, Zhiqiang
AU - Yeo, Song Huat
AU - Duh, Henry Been Lirn
PY - 2009/12/11
Y1 - 2009/12/11
N2 - In this paper, we present a novel sensing technique, Optical Linear Encoder (OLE), in which the motion of an optical encoder on a reflective strip is converted to limb joints' goniometric data. A body sensing module is designed to integrate the OLE and an accelerometer. A sensor network of three sensing modules is established via Controller Areas Network (CAN) bus to capture full motion of human arm with a 7-DOF kinematic model. In addition, a statistical study was conducted to confirm the repeatability and reliability of our sensor network. Results demonstrate that the sensor system has strong potential to be used as a low-cost tool for motion capture, and objective arm function evaluation for both short-term and long-term monitoring.
AB - In this paper, we present a novel sensing technique, Optical Linear Encoder (OLE), in which the motion of an optical encoder on a reflective strip is converted to limb joints' goniometric data. A body sensing module is designed to integrate the OLE and an accelerometer. A sensor network of three sensing modules is established via Controller Areas Network (CAN) bus to capture full motion of human arm with a 7-DOF kinematic model. In addition, a statistical study was conducted to confirm the repeatability and reliability of our sensor network. Results demonstrate that the sensor system has strong potential to be used as a low-cost tool for motion capture, and objective arm function evaluation for both short-term and long-term monitoring.
KW - Human motion capture and analysis
KW - Sensor network
KW - Wearable sensors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=76349084293&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2009.5353912
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2009.5353912
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:76349084293
SN - 9781424438044
T3 - 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009
SP - 3862
EP - 3867
BT - 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009
Y2 - 11 October 2009 through 15 October 2009
ER -