Volume 48 Number 1, 2011
Pages 69 — 82
Abstract — Development of finger-motion capturing device based on optical linear encoder
Kang Li, MEng; I-Ming Chen, PhD; Song Huat Yeo, PhD; Chee Kian Lim, PhD*
Robotics Research Centre, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Abstract — This article presents the design and validation of a wearable glove-based multifinger-motion capture device (SmartGlove), specifically focusing on the development of a new optical linear encoder (OLE). The OLE specially designed for this project is compact and lightweight and has low-power consumption. The characterization tests showed that the OLE's digital output has good linearity and is accurate. The first prototype of SmartGlove, which uses 10 OLEs to capture the flexion/extension motion of the 14 finger joints, was constructed based on the multipoint-sensing method. A user study evaluated the SmartGlove using a standard protocol and found high repeatability and reliability in both the gripped and flat-hand positions compared with four other evaluated data gloves using the same protocol.
Key words: biomedical, calibration, design, hand-motion capture, multifinger sensing, novel sensing, optical linear encoder, rehabilitation, SmartGlove, validation.
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows:
Li K, Chen IM, Yeo SH, Lim CK.
Development of finger-motion capturing device based on optical linear encoder.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 2011;48(1):69-82.
DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2010.02.0013
Li K, Chen IM, Yeo SH, Lim CK.
Development of finger-motion capturing device based on optical linear encoder.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 2011;48(1):69-82.
DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2010.02.0013
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