• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.842-847
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• 2005

This paper proposes a novel real-time EMG pattern recognition for the control of a multifunction myoelectric hand from four channel EMG signals. To cope with the nonstationary signal property of the EMG, features are extracted by wavelet packet transform. For dimensionality reduction and nonlinear mapping of the features, we also propose a linear-nonlinear feature projection composed of PCA and SOFM. The dimensionality reduction by PCA simplifies the structure of the classifier, and reduces processing time for the pattern recognition. The nonlinear mapping by SOFM transforms the PCA-reduced features to a new feature space with high class separability. Finally a multilayer neural network is employed as the pattern classifier. We implement a real-time control system for a multifunction virtual hand. From experimental results, we show that all processes, including virtual hand control, are completed within 125 msec, and the proposed method is applicable to real-time myoelectric hand control without an operation time delay.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권9호
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• pp.935-944
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• 2006

EMG pattern recognition is essential for the control of a multifunction myoelectric hand. The main goal of this study is to develop an efficient feature projection method for EMC pattern recognition. To this end, we propose a linear supervised feature projection that utilizes linear discriminant analysis (LDA). We first perform wavelet packet transform (WPT) to extract the feature vector from four channel EMC signals. For dimensionality reduction and clustering of the WPT features, the LDA incorporates class information into the learning procedure, and finds a linear matrix to maximize the class separability for the projected features. Finally, the multilayer perceptron classifies the LDA-reduced features into nine hand motions. To evaluate the performance of LDA for the WPT features, we compare LDA with three other feature projection methods. From a visualization and quantitative comparison, we show that LDA has better performance for the class separability, and the LDA-projected features improve the classification accuracy with a short processing time. We implemented a real-time pattern recognition system for a multifunction myoelectric hand. In experiment, we show that the proposed method achieves 97.2% recognition accuracy, and that all processes, including the generation of control commands for myoelectric hand, are completed within 97 msec. These results confirm that our method is applicable to real-time EMG pattern recognition far myoelectric hand control.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.831-838
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• 2009

This paper proposes an IR (infrared) LED (Light Emitting Diode)-based tactile fingertip sensor that can independently measure the normal and tangential force between the hand and an object. The proposed IR LED-based tactile sensor has several advantages over other technologies, including a low price, small size, and good sensitivity. The design of the first prototype is described and some experiments are conducted to show output characteristics of the proposed sensor. Furthemore, the effectiveness of the proposed sensor is demonstrated through anti-slip control in a multifunction myoelectric hand, called the KNU Hand, which includes several novel mechanisms for improved grasping capabilities. The experimental results show that slippage was avoided by simple force control using feedback on the normal and tangential force from the proposed sensor. Thus, grasping force control was achieved without any slippage or damage to the object.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 다기능 근전의수를 제어하기 위해 전완에서 취득한 4 채널의 근전도로부터 9 가지 동작을 인식하는 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 비정상 신호특성을 가진 근전도를 해석하기 위해서 시간-주파수 영역에서 표현되는 특징벡터를 웨이블렛 패킷변환을 통해 추출한다. 높은 차원을 가지는 시간-주파수 특징벡터에 대하여 차원축소와 비선형변환을 수행하기 위해 PCA와 SOFM으로 구성된 특징투영 방법을 제안한다. PCA를 이용한 차원축소는 패턴분류기의 구조를 단순화하고 패턴인식을 위한 계산시간을 단축할 수 있다. SOFM을 이용한 비선형변환은 PCA에 의해 차원이 축소된 특징벡터를 새로운 공간으로 투영함으로써 클래스 분리도를 향상시킨다. 마지막으로 각 동작은 패턴분류기인 다층 신경회로망에 의해 인식된다. 실험 결과로부터 제안한 방법이 높은 인식률을 보임과 동시에 연속적인 패턴인식을 위한 실시간 구현이 가능함을 보인다.