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2008-08-01, 14:56
Research software on handwriting movements: www.movalyzer.com
See also: Novel Multisensoric Smart Pens Assessing Biometric and Neuromotoric Features http://www.neuroscript.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1194
Volume 41, Issue 9, Pages 2060-2064 (2008) http://www.escardiocontent.org/periodicals/yeupc/article/S0021-9290(08)00161-9/abstract
The forces behind the words: Development of the Kinetic Pen
Alexander W. Hookea, Jaebum Parka, Jae Kun Shimabc
Accepted 28 March 2008. published online 03 June 2008.
Abstract
This paper describes the creation of a Kinetic Pen capable of measuring the six-component force and torque that each of four individual contacts applies to the pen during writing. This was done by staggering the mounting of the four sensors along the long axis of the pen and having an extended arm run from the sensor to the grip site, preventing a clustering of the sensors where the digit tips meet while grasping. The implications of this tool allow handwriting studies to be expanded from two-dimensional pen-tip kinematics to three-dimensional dynamics at each contact point between the hand and pen.
Keywords: Handwriting, Kinetics, Force, Three dimensions, Motor control
a Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
b Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Graduate Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
c The Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Corresponding author at: University of Maryland, Kinesiology/Neuroscience and Cognitive Science/Bioengineering, 0110F HHP, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Tel.: +13014059240; fax: +13014055578.
PII: S0021-9290(08)00161-9
doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.036
© 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
See also: Novel Multisensoric Smart Pens Assessing Biometric and Neuromotoric Features http://www.neuroscript.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1194
Volume 41, Issue 9, Pages 2060-2064 (2008) http://www.escardiocontent.org/periodicals/yeupc/article/S0021-9290(08)00161-9/abstract
The forces behind the words: Development of the Kinetic Pen
Alexander W. Hookea, Jaebum Parka, Jae Kun Shimabc
Accepted 28 March 2008. published online 03 June 2008.
Abstract
This paper describes the creation of a Kinetic Pen capable of measuring the six-component force and torque that each of four individual contacts applies to the pen during writing. This was done by staggering the mounting of the four sensors along the long axis of the pen and having an extended arm run from the sensor to the grip site, preventing a clustering of the sensors where the digit tips meet while grasping. The implications of this tool allow handwriting studies to be expanded from two-dimensional pen-tip kinematics to three-dimensional dynamics at each contact point between the hand and pen.
Keywords: Handwriting, Kinetics, Force, Three dimensions, Motor control
a Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
b Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Graduate Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
c The Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Corresponding author at: University of Maryland, Kinesiology/Neuroscience and Cognitive Science/Bioengineering, 0110F HHP, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Tel.: +13014059240; fax: +13014055578.
PII: S0021-9290(08)00161-9
doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.036
© 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.