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Modeling and Calibration of Wrist Magnetic Sensor for Measuring Wrist Gesture

손목운동 측정을 위한 손목 자기장 센서의 모델링 및 캘리브레이션

  • Yeo, Hee-Joo (Department of Electronic Eng., Daejin University)
  • 여희주 (대진대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2020.02.27
  • Accepted : 2020.04.03
  • Published : 2020.04.29

Abstract

Recently, as various wearable devices and IoT technologies have emerged and been applied to real applications, various sensors have been developed to satisfy their purposes and applied. In even In medical applications, IoT technologies have been applied gradually, and particularly, magnets and magnetic sensors have already been playing an important role in the medical industry. In wrist rehabilitation, this kind of sensor technology has enabled us to easily and conveniently measure wrist movement and gestures because there are no tangled lines required between the magnet and sensor. However, one of the drawbacks is that nonlinear output is generated because of the characteristics of a magnetic field. Also, the movement of the wrist joint involves small bones, and so it is not easy to simply model the movement. In order to resolve these issues and accurately measure sensor data, a calibration procedure is inevitable in the measurement. Thus, this paper proposes a practical model and simple calibration methods for measuring the distance between a magnet and a magnetic sensor.

최근 웨어러블 장치와 IoT 기술들이 다양하게 개발 및 상용화되면서, 이에 발맞추어 다양한 종류의 센서 들이 개발되었고, 이런 새로운 종류의 센서들이 실생활에서 다양하게 접목되면서 다양한 응용 제품들이 개발되어 왔다. 새로운 센서 기술들이 현실화되면서 의학분야에서도 많이 적용되고 있으며, 특히 자기장 센서는 의학분야에서 다양한 목적으로 활용되어져 왔다. 본 논문에서는 소형의 영구자석과 이를 측정하기 위한 자기장 센서를 활용하여 손목의 재활 훈련이나 운동량을 측정하는 모델과 방법을 제시하고자 한다. 자석과 자기장 센서 사이에는 전기적인 선들의 연결이 없이도 자석과 자기장 센서 사이의 자기장을 측정할 수 있어, 이렇게 측정된 자기장 값들을 실제 자석과 자기장 센서간의 거리로 환산하여 측정할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 하지만, 자기장의 특징은 그 자체만으로도 비선형적인 자기장이 생성되기 때문에, 자기장 센서 패드와 손목동작의 비선형 모델로 인하여, 아주 복잡한 모델과 많은 계산이 요구하게 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이런 구현상의 어려운 단점들을 보완하고 정확한 장기장센서 데이터를 측정하기 위하여, 손에 설치된 자석과 손목에 설치된 자기장 센서를 모델링하고 캘리브레이션하는 방법을 제안한다.

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