A wearable system based on a breathable cloth wristband equipped with stretchable strain gauge sensors were assembled and tested to detect a set of 16 different hand gestures. The sensors embedded on the wristband prototype do not require a direct contact with the skin, thus maximizing comfort. To evaluate the performance of the developed band, different gestures were labelled by using grasping information detected in real-time by commercial Force-Sensing Resistor (FSR) sensors. Signals recorded by the wristband were processed through two machine-learning algorithms, i.e. Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Support Vector Machine (SVM), reaching accuracies of 87% and 95% respectively.

A fabric-based wearable band for hand gesture recognition based on filament strain sensors: A preliminary investigation

Maiolo L;Pecora A;
2016

Abstract

A wearable system based on a breathable cloth wristband equipped with stretchable strain gauge sensors were assembled and tested to detect a set of 16 different hand gestures. The sensors embedded on the wristband prototype do not require a direct contact with the skin, thus maximizing comfort. To evaluate the performance of the developed band, different gestures were labelled by using grasping information detected in real-time by commercial Force-Sensing Resistor (FSR) sensors. Signals recorded by the wristband were processed through two machine-learning algorithms, i.e. Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Support Vector Machine (SVM), reaching accuracies of 87% and 95% respectively.
2016
Wearable device
smart wristband
strain gauge sensors
Filament Strain Sensor
gesture recognition
machine learning
Force myography
pressure sensors
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