| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a finger motion detecting apparatus and method, capable of being utilized as a novel interface method in the field of wearable computers, which can help an user to use a computer without inconvenience in his or her everyday life with both hands free by a natura method without holding an apparatus, by making the user wear a sensor capable of detecting finger motion on his or her wrist to resolve the inconvenience for wearing and use in existing methods. <P>SOLUTION: The finger-motion detecting apparatus includes: a sensor unit which is disposed on a wrist of a subject person and is configured to output a measurement signal into the wrist of the subject person and to receive a reflected signal of the measurement signal, which is reflected according to the motion of tendons in the wrist of the subject person; a signal control unit configured to control whether the measurement signal is output and to adjust the measurement signal on the basis of the reflected signal; and a finger-motion recognizing unit configured to detect finger motion of the subject person from the reflected signal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |
