Finger motion exercise assisting apparatus and finger motion exercise assisting method

1 . A finger motion exercise assisting apparatus, which is used to assist a test subject in finger motion exercise, said apparatus comprising:

a set of magnetic sensors configured to be disposed on a finger of a test subject configured to acquire first finger motion data of the finger of the test subject during opening/closing exercises as the finger performs a motion according to a prompt instruction and second finger motion data of the finger of the test subject as the finger is moved from a closed position in which the finger is fully contracted to an open position in which the finger is fully extended,

a finger motion analyzer including a processor, coupled to the magnetic sensor set, and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor, configure the processor to:

receive input information of an operator, said input information including: an exercise purpose, a selection of an automatic generation or a manual generation as an exercise item generation mode, and at least one of the test subject's age, gender, and disease name,

receive the first finger motion data and the second finger motion data from the set of the magnetic sensors,

calibrate finger motion data of the finger of the test subject based on a finger length of the test subject, which is obtained based on the second finger motion data,

generate two or more exercise items, each exercise item including one or more of the prompt instructions, according to the selection of the automatic generation or the manual generation as the exercise item generation mode included in the input information and when the exercise item generation mode is automatic generation, automatically generate the two or more exercise items and determine an arranging order for the exercise items in accordance with the operator's input information including the exercise purpose, and the at least one of the test subject's age, gender, and disease name, and when the exercise generation mode is manual generation, generate the two or more exercise items and determine an arranging order for the exercise items, in accordance with the operator's selection,

in accordance with the first finger motion data and with respect to each generated exercise item, calculate a motion parameter characterizing a finger motion,

in accordance with the input information, compare the motion parameter with a motion parameter database stored in the memory, and

output a comparison result,

wherein the finger length and calibration information based on the finger motion data calibrated based on the finger length of the test subject are used to evaluate a performance of the test subject for comparison purposes.

2 . The finger motion exercise assisting apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the exercise purpose is rehabilitation training or flexibility evaluation,

wherein the processor is configured to:

when the exercise purpose is rehabilitation training, use the test subject's historical motion parameter data in the motion parameter database to perform the comparison, and

when the exercise purpose is flexibility evaluation, use a standard motion parameter database in the motion parameter database to perform the comparison.

3 . The finger motion exercise assisting apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the exercise item includes at least one of a single-hand exercise and a two-hand exercise, said single-hand exercise including at least one of a single-finger exercise and a multiple-finger exercise.

4 . The finger motion exercise assisting apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the prompt instruction is at least one of: one-hand sequence prompt, one-hand random prompt, one-hand number prompt, two-hand synchronism sequence prompt, two-hand sequence prompt, two-hand synchronism random prompt, two-hand complete random prompt, two-hand same number prompt, two-hand different number prompt, and descriptive prompt.

5 . A finger motion exercise assisting method, which is used to assists a test subject in finger motion exercise, said method comprising:

acquire, by a set of magnetic sensors configured to be disposed on a finger of a test subject, first finger motion data of the finger of the test subject during opening/closing exercises as the finger performs a motion according to a prompt instruction and second finger motion data of the finger of the test subject as the finger is moved from a closed position in which the finger is fully contracted to an open position in which the finger is fully extended;

receiving input information, said input information including: an exercise purpose, a selection of an automatic generation or a manual generation as an exercise item generation mode, and at least one of the test subject's age, gender, and disease name;

generating two or more exercise items, each exercise item including one or more of the prompt instructions, according to the selection of the automatic generation or the manual generation as the exercise item generation mode included in the input information and when the exercise item generation mode is automatic generation, the two or more exercise items and the arranging order for the exercise items are automatically generated and determined in accordance with the operator's input information including the exercise purpose, and the at least one of the test subject's age, gender, and disease name, and when the exercise item generation mode is manual generation, the two or more exercise items and the arranging order for the exercise items are generated and determined, respectively, in accordance with the operator's selection,

in accordance with the exercise items and the determined arranging order, indicating to the test subject the prompt instruction, and acquiring finger motion data of the test subject who performed a finger motion in accordance with the prompt instruction;

in accordance with the finger motion data and with respect to each generated exercise item, calculating a motion parameter characterizing a finger motion;

in accordance with the input information, comparing the motion parameter with a motion parameter database, and

outputting a comparison result; and

calibrating the finger motion data of the test subject based on the test subject's finger length, which is obtained based on the second finger motion data;

wherein the finger length and calibration information based on the finger motion data calibrated based on the finger length of the test subject are used to evaluate a performance of the test subject for comparison purposes.

6 . The finger motion exercise assisting method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the exercise purpose is rehabilitation training or flexibility evaluation,

wherein when the exercise purpose is rehabilitation training, a historical motion parameter data of the test subject in the motion parameter database is used for the comparison, and

wherein when the exercise purpose is flexibility evaluation, the standard motion parameter database in the motion parameter database is used for the comparison.

7 . The finger motion exercises assisting method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the exercise item includes at least one of a single-hand exercise and a two-hand exercise, with the single-hand exercise including at least one of a single-finger exercise and a multiple-finger exercise.

8 . The finger motion exercises assisting method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the prompt instructions include at least one of: one-hand sequence prompt, one-hand random prompt, one-hand number prompt, two-hand synchronism sequence prompt, two-hand sequence prompt, two-hand synchronism random prompt, two-hand complete random prompt, two-hand same number prompt, two-hand different number prompt, and descriptive prompt.