Wearable handwriting input device using magnetic field
著者 Han Xinying
著者別名 韓, 新瑩
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博士学位論文要旨 論文内容の要旨および論文審査 結果の要旨/金沢大学大学院自然科学研究科
volume 平成21年6月
page range 55‑59
year 2009‑06‑01
URL http://hdl.handle.net/2297/26909
氏名 学位の種類 学位記番号 学位授与の日付 学位授与の要件 学位授与の題目
韓新榮 博士(工学)
博甲第1054号 平成20年9月26日
課程博士(学位規則第4条第1項)
WEARABLEHANDWRITINGINPUTDEⅥCEUSINGMAGNETI FIELD(磁気を利用したウエアラブル手書き文字入力デバイス)
関啓明(理工研究域・准教授)
神谷好承(理工研究域・教授),木村春彦(理工研究域・教授),
立矢宏(理工研究域・教授),宮崎猛(理工研究域・准教授)
論文審査委員(主査)
論文審査委員(副査)
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hourrescarchwcproposedawearablehandwritinginputdeviceusingmagnetic fieldnlisdevicerequiresmountingapennanentmagnetontofingertipanddetecting themagneticfieldgeneratedbythemagnetthroughmagneticsensorsatthewristofthe otherhand・Thepositionofmagnetiscalculatedbythcvectorofthemagneticfieldwith geomagnetismCancellation・Wemadeprototypedeviceandsucceededtogctthe handwritmgi叩utcharactenTheinfluenccsofmisaligmnentofmagnctandnoisein circuitareinvestigatcdbysimulationsandexperiments.
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Asmfbnnationtecllnologywas developedquicklylmanykindsofinput deviceshavebeendeveloped・Theymake
ourlivesmuchmorecomfOrtableand
convenient・Ontheotherhand,these deviceshavemanydisadvantages.]For example,keyboardistoobigtocarryand requirestrainingtogctusedtoit・Mouse ncedsaplanctooperate、Ibuchpanelis goodbutrequiresapaneltoworkon,and itsworkingspaceislimitedwithinthe paneLVirtualkeyboardneedsaplaneto putuser,shandsandhastobefixed somewhere・Vbiceinputhasbeen developedgreatlybutitdocsnotwork wellinnoisyenvironmentandneeds
muchtimetobeusedtoit・AndfOrelder
person,post-natalvisuallyimpairedand thosewhoarenotskilledinoperationof computeLfCwdevicesarcavailable.
Filrthermore,fewdevicesaredeveloped fOrthewearablecomputing・
TherefOrewehaveproposedanew
devicetofitthedemandabove・Itisable
tobeuscdbyalmosteveryone,including post-natalvisuallyimpaired,peoplewho arenotusedtocomputeLandthose workinginnoisyenvironmcnt・This deVicedoesnotneedanyplaneorpanel,
justneedstobefixedontouser,shands・
Andusercanbeusedtoitwithoutany trainingevenuscrgetitjustnow.
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Hercmistheumtvectorofmagnetic momentofmagnet,whichshouldbemCK,
y,z).misthemagneticmomentof magnet・risthelocationvectorofmagnet,
anditsvalueisLthedistmcebetween magnetandmagneticsensoL
Whenthemagnetlocatesat(x,yP)in themagneticsensororientedcoordinate,
mshouldbe(1,0,0),andrshouldbc(_x,
-yp).
(Hx,H,,Hz)=
(K・zx2-y2 5,3K. jOノ 5,0)(2)
2.Pmposeddevice
Writil1宵charactersonpalmwith
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Figllmageofproposeddevicc Fig、1showsthewholeimageofour device・Theinputdeviceweproposed consistsofapennanentmagnctwhichis mountedonuser,sfinger,twomagnctic sensorsandthcirperipheralcircuitsto detectthemagneticfieldsgcneratedby thcmagnet,anA/Dconvertcrwhich convertstheoutputvoltagesignalof magneticsensorintodigitaloneto inputtocomputer,andacomputerto calculatethepositionofmagnetand visualizethehandwritingchamcteL
S・Positioningcalculation
BefOrecalculatmgthepositionof magnet,weneedtoknowthemagnetic fieldgeneratedbyit、Magnetlocatesat(x,
y)innlagncticsensororicntedcoordinate willgeneratemagneticfieldwhicllcanbe gottenbyEqs.(1)-(2).Itsinlageisshown inFigZ
(x2+y2)z (x2+y2)2
1nourdeviceweadopttwomagnetic sensorstodetectthepositionofmagnet withgeolnagnetismcancellationThe positionofmagnetcanbeyicldedbythe fO11owingcquationsthroughthe differenceofoutputsoftwomagnetic sensors・Relationshipbetweenmagnet andoutputsoftwomagneticsensorsis showninFig3・Theycanbeyieldedby Eqs.(3)-(4)
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[jrz+(y+`/)2]2Cf+ゾ)2 /(((xj)=K・{
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fUnctionF(x,y)〈e・
Weselect(0,0.001)astheinitialpoint inSD-methodandpisZ,eisle-3inour
device.
刀(xウル3K.{xOM)x)′5}
S(4)
[x2+(y+c/)2]2(xz+y2)2
Here,Kisthecoefficientabout magneticmomcntinourdevice.(x,y)is thcpositionofmagnctinmagneticsensor
Aorientedcoordinate・disthedistance betwcentwomagneticsensors・
Becauseitisdifficulttosolve
eqUations(3)-(4),wcadoptstcepcst descentmethod(SD-method)inour system
lnSD-methodcalculationstartsatan
arbitrarypoint(xo,yo).Wetakeaseries ofstepsuntilwearesatisfiedthatweare closeenoughtosolutionWhenwetakea step,wechoosethcdirectionof(f1x,f1y).
Andwcassumethatthetargetfmction
is:
3.Prototypedevice
2-axismagneticsensorHoneywell⑪
HMC-1022isadoptedinourdevice・We
exploithterface②CBI-3133BasA/D
converter、Neodymiumtypemagnet TBuchino⑪51-421isselectedtomount ontouser,sfingertip・Wedcsigneda
mounterfOrit.C&DIbchnologies③
NMAO505Sisusedinourdeviceas
powersupplymodule、ThePCBofour deviceisshowninFig4A/Dconverter,
powersupplymoduleandcomputerare notincludedinthephotos・ThePCBis mountedonthewristbyamounter6
F(x,)ノ)-Z?(x,)')+矛(〃) (5)
Firstlyweselectanarbitrarypoint(xo,
yo),andcalculatethetargetfimction Thenwewillcomparewiththevalueof targetfUnctionande,whereeisthe accuracyparameterJfFCo,yo)<e,then
thecalculationisoverandwefindthe
result・IfFCKo,yo)>e,wewillgotonext
step
Thek+1(k=0,1,2,…,、)stepcanbc yieldedbyfO11owingequatio、:
|小犀M+塚cw何 F(x脾)ノル).
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Fig4Photosofprototypedevice 4.Inputhandwritingchamcters
WCexploitaregulatedDCpower
supplyNipponStabilizerhdustry③
MSA18-5todoexpcriments・WCdid experimentstogetthevalueof coefficientK・Finallywefinditsvalueas
OOOO31、
Afterthatwetrytogetthehandwriting inputcharacteLAndtheresultisshown inFig5.
HereFx,Fyarethepartialdifferential oftargetfUnctionF(x,y).pisaparameter ofsteepcstmethod,whichcancontrolthe specdofconvergence、Thecalculation
shouldbecontinueduntilthetarget
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withthemagneticsensors、Maybcitwill rotatcaroundy,zaxis,oroffSetand mclinefromtheplaneofmagnetic sensors・Properlyitalsomayrotatc aroundxaxis,butitwillnotbringany
errorsbccauseofthecharacteristicof
lnagneticficldgencratedbythema印et・
WeinvestigatedthesefOurkindsof misalignmentofmagnetbysimulations andexperiments、FinallywefOundthat rotationaroundzaxiswillbringgreat errortoinputtingresult・Whenthe misalignmentanglewhichisaroundz axisincreases,thcerrorbecomesmucll bigg則proportionatewiththedistancc betweenmagnetandmagneticscnsoLIt willconfUseusmuclliftllemisalignment angleistoobig・Sorotationofmagnet aroundzaxisshouldbeavoidedduring usage・Theexampleofmisalignmentis showninFig.7.
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Fig.5hputtedhmdwritingcharacter
Wedidexperimenttoinvestigatethe positionaccuracyofourdevice・Hcre magnetissetto30pomtsintherectangle withthecomcrof(-004,0.05)and(0.04, 0.15)[m]mlenwetrytogctitsposition byourdevice,Realpositionsand expcrimentalresultsareshownmFig6・
Whengeomagnetismcancellationworks,
themaximumerrorofpositionofmagnet isaboutlOnnatthcuppercomcrofthe rectangle,whichisevidentlysmaller61t willnotconfilseusinhandwritinginput
atall.
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lnordertomakeourdevicecompact,
wehavetodecreasethedistancebetween
twomagneticsensors・HoweveLasthe positionofmagnetiscalculatedbythe differenceofoutputsofsensors,wehavc tokeepthisdifferencebiggerthannoise inourcircuit,TherefOre,wedid experimentstoknowthcrangeofnoisein thecircuit,anditisshowninnblel.
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S・Misalignmentofmaどnet
Asthemagnetismountedonuser,s fingerinourdcvice,duringusageitis difficulttokeeptheparallelrelationship
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