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Towards Individual Finger Movement Detection Using EMG Sensors Placed on Forearm

  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito

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Abstract

This paper presents as a proof of concept the methodology for the detection of movement of individual fingers (thumb, index, and middle finger) using EMG sensors placed on two muscles on the forearm of one person. Two MyoWare Muscle sensors are used together with an Arduino UNO microcontroller board that works as a data acquisition system to collect electromyography signals from muscles. These signals are then transformed using short-time Fourier transform with the aim of having the signals in the time-frequency domain. After filtering, the highest peaks in both signals are identified in realtime to detect the movement of an individual finger. Finally, the signals for the thumb, index, and middle fingers were identified as an initial step towards the development of a prosthesis in which each finger will have its own movement in future work.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChileCon 2023 - 2023 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350369533
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies, ChileCon 2023 - Hybrid, Valdivia, Chile
Duration: 5 Dec 20237 Dec 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies, ChileCon
ISSN (Print)2832-1529
ISSN (Electronic)2832-1537

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies, ChileCon 2023
Country/TerritoryChile
CityHybrid, Valdivia
Period5/12/237/12/23

Keywords

  • EMG sensor
  • Fourier transform
  • Matlab
  • finger movement
  • prosthesis

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