The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D (대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D)

The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (대한전기학회)
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A Human Arm Movement Detection System Using Electrical Bioimpedance Measurement

생체 임픽던스 측정에 의한 상지 운동 감지 시스템

  • 김종찬 (산업기술시험원 의료기기본부) ;
  • 김수찬 (연세대 생체공학과) ;
  • 남기창 (연세대 생체공학과) ;
  • 박민용 (연세대 공대 전기전자공학과) ;
  • 김경환 (한국과학기술연구원 Microsystem Research Center) ;
  • 김덕원 (연세대 의대 의학공학교실)
  • Published : 2002.08.01
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Abstract

In this study, we developed a new human arm movement detection system using electrical bio-impedance method with several skin-electrodes. The correlation coefficients of the joint angle and the impedance change from human arm movement was obtained using a goniometer and impedance measurement system developed in this study. The correlation coefficients of the wrist and the elbow movements were 0.94 and -0.99, respectively. This system was applied to control a robotic arm by converting the measured impedance to joint angle to confirm the validity of the proposed system. In conclusion, we confirmed that this system can control the robotic arm according to arm movement without any limitation of movement. This system showed possibility that upper arm movement could be easily measured by impedance measurement system with a few skin-electrodes.

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