Title :
Kinect evaluation for human body movement analysis
Author :
Pedro, Leonardo Marquez ; de Paula Caurin, Glauco Augusto
Author_Institution :
Eng. Sch. of Sao Carlos, Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
Abstract :
The movement analysis of the human body is an interesting task for applications in rehabilitation assisted by robots and robotic manipulation. This paper presents a simplified system using the Kinect sensor and simple image processing algorithms for the extraction of identification points. Experiments were conducted to identify whether the sensor has good characteristics for the considered applications. A repeatability experiment were carried out and its results indicate that the sensor can be used to measure three-dimensional identification points distances regarding the applications requirements within the operational range from 0.5m up to 2m.
Keywords :
feature extraction; image motion analysis; image sensors; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; Kinect evaluation; Kinect sensor; assisted rehabilitation; human body movement analysis; identification point extraction; image processing algorithms; repeatability experiment; robotic manipulation; three-dimensional identification points; Biological system modeling; Light emitting diodes; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Standards; Tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2012 4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1199-2
DOI :
10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290751
