Subject-independent hand gesture recognition using normalization and machine learning algorithms

• Published in: Journal of computational science Vol. 27; pp. 69 - 76
• Main Authors: Wahid, Md Ferdous, Tafreshi, Reza, Al-Sowaidi, Mubarak, Langari, Reza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Electromyography; Hand gesture; Machine learning; MYO armband; Normalization; Pattern recognition; Time-domain; Time-domain; Machine learning; Electromyography; Normalization; Pattern recognition; Hand gesture; MYO armband

•Generalizability of subject-independent hand gesture recognition were investigated.•A different strategy to normalize the EMG features was proposed.•Hand gesture recognition accuracy improved significantly using the proposed normalization strategy.•The developed approach of gesture recognition will...