Design and fabrication of a data acquisition glove and its evaluation as a goniometric device

  • Authors:

  • Mohsin I. Tiwana;Javaid Iqbal;Umar Ansari;Bilal Shahid;Saad Islam

  • Affiliations:

  • Dept. of Mechatronics Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan;Dept. of Mechatronics Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan;Dept. of Mechatronics Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan;Dept. of Mechatronics Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan;Dept. of Mechatronics Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

  • Venue:
  • AIC'06 Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Informatics and Communications
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Data Acquisition Gloves have their applications in many fields such as medical, engineering and computer graphics. This paper presents the design and fabrication of a 5-Degree of freedom Data Acquisition Glove with 3D Virtual Hand (3DVH) replicating the movement of the glove. It also presents the results of evaluation of this glove as a goniometric device. A series of tests were performed to check the measurement repeatability. Data analysis was based on statistical computation. A novel method was devised that uses a single sensor to evaluate the range of motion (ROM) of individual finger joints. The software developed gives a 3D view of the virtual hand as well as a graphical representation of the movement of joints. The graphs can be saved against an ID in a database.