Device Design and Manufacturing for Measurement of Kinematic Specification of Hand Movement

The kinematic specification of hand movement has effective properties in diagnosis of neural-motional diseases such as schizophrenia, Parkinson, or emotional states. In this paper a device is presented which have the ability to extract such properties. It includes a resistance touch panel that is mounted on a color LCD. By drawing on the panel, information of hand movement could be extracted by ARM microprocessor and transferred to a computer for exact examination such as diseases recognition, through USB port with acceptable sampling rate. Then, accumulated data is recorded by the device microcontroller, and it displays hand movement at the same time on the LCD as an appropriate feedback for user and software. Using information processing modules and comparing them with normal situation, it could help treatment of special diseases or motional disabilities or training assistance objects for children

kinematic movement, ARM microcontroller, USB connection, color LCD, touch screen, hand movement.