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  • Signal Processing
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Surface electromyography (sEMG) is crucial for applications like human-machine interfaces and prosthesis control.
  • Existing sEMG gesture recognition studies often exhibit application bias due to fixed feature window sizes or classifiers, leading to accuracy drops in real-world settings.
  • Feature selection and classifier choice significantly impact sEMG recognition performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the compatibility between different features and classifiers for sEMG gesture recognition, aiming to reduce application bias.
  • To establish a ranking system for feature-classifier pairings to guide future research and development.
  • To identify optimal parameters for sEMG gesture recognition, including window size and signal normalization.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic evaluation of various feature-classifier combinations for sEMG gesture recognition.
  • Analysis of performance across different feature window sizes and signal normalization ranges.
  • Development of a pairing compatibility ranking based on recognition accuracy.

Main Results:

  • Feature-classifier pairing compatibility was identified as the primary determinant of sEMG gesture recognition accuracy, overriding individual feature or classifier performance.
  • The Histogram feature with Linear Discriminant Analysis classifier (HIST-LDA) achieved the highest accuracy (88.6%).
  • Optimal parameters included a 1250 ms window and a (-1, 1) signal normalization range for the dataset used.

Conclusions:

  • The compatibility between features and classifiers is critical for robust sEMG gesture recognition, minimizing performance discrepancies between lab and clinical settings.
  • A well-matched feature-classifier pair can enable simpler, low-computational models to outperform complex ones.
  • The study provides a guideline for selecting optimal feature-classifier pairings and parameters, enhancing the reliability of sEMG-based systems.