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Accurate and real-time hand gesture recognition is essential for controlling advanced hand prostheses. Surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals obtained from the forearm are widely used for this purpose. Here, we introduce a novel hand…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-21 Ashwin De Silva , Malsha V. Perera , Kithmin Wickramasinghe , Asma M. Naim , Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne , Simon L. Kappel

Recently, surface electromyography (sEMG) emerged as a novel biometric authentication method. Since EMG system parameters, such as the feature extraction methods and the number of channels, have been known to affect system performances, it…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-11 Ashirbad Pradhan , Jiayuan He , Ning Jiang

Surface electromyography is a valid tool to gather muscular contraction signals from intact and amputated subjects. Electromyographic signals can be used to control prosthetic devices in a noninvasive way distinguishing the movements…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-11-25 Francesca Giordaniello

Current electromyography (EMG) pattern recognition (PR) models have been shown to generalize poorly in unconstrained environments, setting back their adoption in applications such as hand gesture control. This problem is often due to…

This work has been conducted in the context of pattern-recognition-based control for electromyographic prostheses. It presents a k-nearest neighbour (kNN) classification technique for gesture recognition, extended by a proportionality…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 Tim Sziburis , Markus Nowak , Davide Brunelli

The main purpose of this research is to move the robotic arm (5DoF) in real-time, based on the surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals, as obtained from the wireless Myo gesture armband to distinguish seven hand movements. The sEMG signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-24 Hussein F. Hassan , Sadiq J. Abou-Loukh , Ibraheem Kasim Ibraheem

Electromyogram (EMG) has been utilized to interface signals for prosthetic hands and information devices owing to its ability to reflect human motion intentions. Although various EMG classification methods have been introduced into…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-11 Akira Furui , Takuya Igaue , Toshio Tsuji

In sensitive scenarios, such as meetings, negotiations, and team sports, messages must be conveyed without detection by non-collaborators. Previous methods, such as encrypting messages, eye contact, and micro-gestures, had problems with…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Hongxin Li , Jingsheng Tang , Xuechao Xu , Wei Dai , Yaru Liu , Junhao Xiao , Huimin Lu , Zongtan Zhou

Recently, surface electromyogram (EMG) has been proposed as a novel biometric trait for addressing some key limitations of current biometrics, such as spoofing and liveness. The EMG signals possess a unique characteristic: they are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Ashirbad Pradhan , Jiayuan He , Ning Jiang

Varying contraction levels of muscles is a big challenge in electromyography-based gesture recognition. Some use cases require the classifier to be robust against varying force changes, while others demand to distinguish between different…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Ali Moin , Andy Zhou , Simone Benatti , Abbas Rahimi , Luca Benini , Jan M. Rabaey

Electromyogram (EMG) pattern recognition can be used to classify hand gestures and movements for human-machine interface and prosthetics applications, but it often faces reliability issues resulting from limb position change. One method to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Andy Zhou , Rikky Muller , Jan Rabaey

Electromyograms (EMG)-based hand gesture recognition systems are a promising technology for human/machine interfaces. However, one of their main limitations is the long calibration time that is typically required to handle new users. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-12 Martin Colot , Cédric Simar , Mathieu Petieau , Ana Maria Cebolla Alvarez , Guy Cheron , Gianluca Bontempi

Brain-computer interfaces are being explored for a wide variety of therapeutic applications. Typically, this involves measuring and analyzing continuous-time electrical brain activity via techniques such as electrocorticogram (ECoG) or…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Yiming Ai , Bipin Rajendran

Recent advancements in diagnostic learning and development of gesture-based human machine interfaces have driven surface electromyography (sEMG) towards significant importance. Analysis of hand gestures requires an accurate assessment of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-08 Karush Suri , Rinki Gupta

Real-time classification of Electromyography signals is the most challenging part of controlling a prosthetic hand. Achieving a high classification accuracy of EMG signals in a short delay time is still challenging. Recurrent neural…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-14 Reza Bagherian Azhiri , Mohammad Esmaeili , Mehrdad Nourani

Surface Electromyography (sEMG) is a non-invasive signal that is used in the recognition of hand movement patterns, the diagnosis of diseases, and the robust control of prostheses. Despite the remarkable success of recent end-to-end Deep…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Chuheng Wu , S. Farokh Atashzar , Mohammad M. Ghassemi , Tuka Alhanai

Conventional electromyography (EMG) measures the continuous neural activity during muscle contraction, but lacks explicit quantification of the actual contraction. Mechanomyography (MMG) and accelerometers only measure body surface motion,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Zijing Zhang , Edwin C. Kan

Objective: Multimodal hand gesture recognition (HGR) systems can achieve higher recognition accuracy compared to unimodal HGR systems. However, acquiring multimodal gesture recognition data typically requires users to wear additional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Wentao Wei , Linyan Ren

EMG (Electromyograph) signal based gesture recognition can prove vital for applications such as smart wearables and bio-medical neuro-prosthetic control. Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are promising for low-power, real-time EMG gesture…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-01 Sai Sukruth Bezugam , Ahmed Shaban , Manan Suri

Gestures are an integral part of our daily interactions with the environment. Hand gesture recognition (HGR) is the process of interpreting human intent through various input modalities, such as visual data (images and videos) and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Soroush Baghernezhad , Elaheh Mohammadreza , Vinicius Prado da Fonseca , Ting Zou , Xianta Jiang