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  • To investigate the influence of demographic factors (age, gender) and experience (writing familiarity) on Beta-elliptic model errors.
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  • To establish baseline error metrics for the Beta-elliptic model in digital drawing.

Main Methods:

  • Collected a database of elliptical hand-drawing movements from 99 participants (ages 19-85).
  • Modeled velocity profiles using overlapped Beta functions and segmented trajectories by velocity extrema.
  • Modeled segment geometry using elliptic arcs and calculated average absolute and relative errors.

Main Results:

  • Average absolute geometric error was 0.27 mm; relative geometric error was 0.68%.
  • Average absolute curvature error was 4.54 mm; relative curvature error was 0.48%.
  • Average absolute curvilinear velocity error was 4.68 mm/s; relative velocity error was 8.79%.

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  • The Beta-elliptic model demonstrates consistent performance across a wide range of users and drawing velocities.