scholarly journals SEMG Feature Extraction Based on Stockwell Transform Improves Hand Movement Recognition Accuracy

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (20) ◽  
pp. 4457 ◽  
Author(s):  
She ◽  
Zhu ◽  
Tian ◽  
Wang ◽  
Yokoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Recognition Accuracy ◽  
Hand Movement ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Movement Recognition ◽  
S Transform

Feature extraction, as an important method for extracting useful information from surfaceelectromyography (SEMG), can significantly improve pattern recognition accuracy. Time andfrequency analysis methods have been widely used for feature extraction, but these methods analyzeSEMG signals only from the time or frequency domain. Recent studies have shown that featureextraction based on time-frequency analysis methods can extract more useful information fromSEMG signals. This paper proposes a novel time-frequency analysis method based on the Stockwelltransform (S-transform) to improve hand movement recognition accuracy from forearm SEMGsignals. First, the time-frequency analysis method, S-transform, is used for extracting a feature vectorfrom forearm SEMG signals. Second, to reduce the amount of calculations and improve the runningspeed of the classifier, principal component analysis (PCA) is used for dimensionality reduction of thefeature vector. Finally, an artificial neural network (ANN)-based multilayer perceptron (MLP) is usedfor recognizing hand movements. Experimental results show that the proposed feature extractionbased on the S-transform analysis method can improve the class separability and hand movementrecognition accuracy compared with wavelet transform and power spectral density methods.

Stationarity test of vibration signals with surrogate data and time–frequency analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1143-1154
Author(s):  
Zuo-Cai Wang ◽  
Feng Wu ◽  
Wei-Xin Ren
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Surrogate Data ◽  
Transform Method ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Stationarity Test ◽  
Modulated Signals ◽  
Short Time

The stationarity test of vibration signals is critical for the extraction of the signal features. In this article, the surrogate data with various time–frequency analysis methods are proposed for stationary test of vibration signals. The surrogate data are first generated from the Fourier spectrum of the original signal with keeping the magnitude of the spectrum unchanged and replacing its phase by a random sequence. The local and global spectra of the original signal and the surrogate data are then estimated by four time–frequency analysis methods, which are short-time Fourier transform, multitaper spectrograms, wavelet transform, and S-transform methods. The index of nonstationarity is then defined based on the distances between the local and global spectra. Three kinds of synthetic signals, which are stationary signals, frequency-modulated signals, and amplitude-modulated signals, are tested to compare the efficiency of the four time–frequency analysis methods as mentioned. The results show that with a certain observation scale value, the index of nonstationarity based on the short-time Fourier transform or wavelet transform method may fail to test the stationarity of the signal. The parametric studies and sensitivity analysis of the observation scale and noise-level effect are also extensively conducted. The results show that the index of nonstationarity calculated using the multitaper spectrograms’ method is more suitable for stationarity test of frequency-modulated signals, while the index of nonstationarity calculated using the S-transform method is more suitable for stationarity test of amplitude-modulated signals. The results also show that the noise has a significant effect on the stationarity test results. Finally, the stationarity of a real vibration signal measured from a cable is tested, and the results show that the proposed index of nonstationarity can effectively test the stationarity of real vibration signals.

An Investigation of Feature Extraction of Local Energy in Joint Time-Frequency Analysis Based on Process Systems Modeling and Simulation

2012 ◽  
Vol 198-199 ◽  
pp. 803-807
Author(s):  
Feng Li Wang ◽  
Shu Lin Duan ◽  
Hong Tao Gao
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Local Energy ◽  
Simulation Research ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Process Systems ◽  
Frequency Space ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Stationary Signals ◽  
Local Wave

Aiming at the characteristics of local properties of the non-stationary signals, a noval feature extraction approach based on the local energy in joint time-frequency analysis is proposed. The concept of local energy in joint time- frequency analysis based on local wave analysis was used to measure the signal energy in time-frequency space of the signal. Firstly, analyze the signal with local wave method and then make Hilbert transformation of it. Then partition several areas in time frequency space and compute its local energy. From the expression of local wave time-frequency distributing, not only total energy of signal can be computed but also local energy in time-frequency space. Simulation research indicates that the developed approach was effective.

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