Using Kinect Technology Equipment for Ergonomics

Hořejší, Petr; Görner, Tomáš; Kurkin, Ondrej; Polášek, Patrik; Januska, Martin

doi:10.17973/mmsj.2013_03_201302

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“…Virtual reality can be displayed in several ways. The most widely used option is an HMD (Head Mounted Display) [23]. The user is completely immersed in the virtual world, which helps them to comprehensively understand the projected situation.…”

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“…Refs. [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] review the current limitations of implementing computer vision reftechniques and suggest potential areas for future applications. The next step to assessing ergonomics in the workplace is using 3D modelling of the workplace and capturing the worker's movements using a motion capture suit, which is used by [29] or [30].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Ergonomic Design of a Workplace Using Virtual Reality and a Motion Capture Suit

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Musculoskeletal disorders are some of the most frequent manual work disorders. Employers worldwide pay high costs for their treatment and prevention. We present an innovative method for designing an ergonomic workplace. This method uses new technologies and supports not only ergonomics, but also a general improvement in the designing of the manufacturing process. Although many researchers claim that there is a huge potential for using new disruptive technologies like virtual reality and motion capture in ergonomics, there is still a lack of a comprehensive methodological basis for implementing these technologies. Our approach was designed using the expert group method. We can validate the manufacturing process and the ergonomics using a motion capture (MoCap) suit and a head-mounted display (HMD). There are no legislative restrictions for the tools which are used for ergonomic analyses, so we can use our outputs for workplace scoring. Firstly, we measure the anthropometrics of the proband. Then the proband is immersed in virtual reality and they go through a manufacturing process during which ergonomics data are collected. The design of a particular workplace or multiple workplaces can be validated based on the reactions, measurements, and input in real-time. After processing the data, the workplace can be adjusted accordingly. The proposed method has a time and economic benefit for workplace design, optimisation of workplace ergonomics, and shortens the time required for designing the production line layout. It also includes optional steps for validation using conventional methods. These steps were used for method validation on a representative workplace using on-site experiments. We validated it on a group of 20 healthy operators working in automotive production (age 22 to 35). A comparison study describes the classic methods of workplace ergonomics evaluation, compares the classic evaluation using biomechanical analysis, modern evaluation using a MoCap suit, and connection with virtual reality. We have proved the validity of the method using the comparison study. The results also showed other potential issues which can be further examined: like the role of peripheral vision or haptic feedback.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ergonomic Design of a Workplace Using Virtual Reality and a Motion Capture Suit

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“…Edutainment content for children unveiled by Microsoft in 2012 is characterized by a use of gesture recognition technology, by enhancing voice recognition on the Kinect which recognizes a user's motion through 3D camera ( Figure 2). However, it is not suitable for the education or broadcasting field because of its low accuracy in interaction performance, and even it requires an additional training for the user to operate it [3,4].…”

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Real-time AR Edutainment System Using Sensor Based Motion Recognition

Hong¹,

Jung²,

Seo³

2016

IJSEIA

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Recently the Natural User Interface (NUI) technology which is capable of appreciating the whole human body has come to the fore with the development of digital technology. And this new interface has settled as the competitive contents in the growing experiential learning contents market, by arousing participants' interests and maximizing their learning effect, through a gesture recognition-based noncontact type interactive education. This study suggests various interpretations on the basis of the education contents production which enables participant to experience the human body in real time. Also it has developed a gesture interface by utilizing the Kinect sensor that can recognize a participant's skeleton and behavior, and its education contents design has produced the end product by using Unity 3D authoring tool which can combine the real-time 3D model and animation together. Consequently, participant will be able to learn various inner organs such as brain and heart by different gestures, and the developed real-time human body exploring augmented reality system is expected to be widely used in many educational institutions

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“…It also contains a multi-directional microphone that is able to identify voices according to sounds and to distinguish noise from the surroundings. Furthermore, the Kinect device includes a three-axis motor that can tilt the Kinect sensor accordingly [11].…”

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confidence: 99%