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Evaluation/analysis of Parkinson patients. Clinical features:. Tremors of the head. Head bent forward. Hand tremor. A sensitive computer to the emotional user’s state (by body postures). M.I.S.T.E.R.Y. M ake I t S peak T o E verybody ‘ R ound Y ou (hand sign communication).
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Evaluation/analysis of Parkinson patients Clinical features: Tremors of the head Head bent forward Hand tremor A sensitive computer to the emotional user’s state (by body postures) M.I.S.T.E.R.Y. Make It Speak ToEverybody ‘Round You(hand sign communication) From the movementto the emotional state Laser diode off Laser diode on B [samples] Samples 0 768 1 A Laser Non-Contact Bio-Instrumental System Dobrea Dan Marius, Technical University “Gh.Asachi” Iasi, Romania Workingprinciple () • Components: (1) scanner system, (2) video camera and (3) processing unit • Working principle: • a laser scanner generates a laser plane at a constant angle from the horizontal plane • the software gets two consecutive images: first, with the laser diode on, with a line of laser light that appears on the target and the second image, with the laser diode off • subtracting these two images we get, as a result, only the laser line projected on the subject’s torso ONE system MULTIPLE applications Others … • ADVANTAGES • the low cost of the system • a non-contact, real-time system • the project’s significant impact on the people’s life • a new kind of information unexploited yet on the HCI systems is used – the emotional state expressed through the body language • possibility to quantitatively/objectively evaluate the Parkinson symptoms Workingprinciple () Someexamples