Start Date
9-5-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
9-5-2019 5:00 PM
Document Type
Full Paper
Keywords
Character Recognition (OCR), Template Matching, Human-Robot Interaction
Description
In this study, we present a human temperature measurement case implementation for hospital patients using a mobile robotic platform (PR2). The main focus of the study is to apply computer vision methods, specifically optical character recognition (OCR) with template matching, in order to read a non-contact thermometer screen while PR2 is measuring patient's temperature. Parameter analysis is done for thermometer digit detection, and parameters with best results are selected for human tests. The tests are designed including human subjects as patients, a tablet for human-robot interaction (HRI), and the PR2 robot. Human subject test are performed with 8 volunteers over 2 days in Assistive Robotics Laboratory at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI). Results and observations of human subject tests are provided. These activities are a part of a larger effort to establish adaptive robotic nursing assistants (ARNA) for physical tasks in hospital environments.
Robotic Nursing Assistants: Human Temperature Measurement Case Study
In this study, we present a human temperature measurement case implementation for hospital patients using a mobile robotic platform (PR2). The main focus of the study is to apply computer vision methods, specifically optical character recognition (OCR) with template matching, in order to read a non-contact thermometer screen while PR2 is measuring patient's temperature. Parameter analysis is done for thermometer digit detection, and parameters with best results are selected for human tests. The tests are designed including human subjects as patients, a tablet for human-robot interaction (HRI), and the PR2 robot. Human subject test are performed with 8 volunteers over 2 days in Assistive Robotics Laboratory at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI). Results and observations of human subject tests are provided. These activities are a part of a larger effort to establish adaptive robotic nursing assistants (ARNA) for physical tasks in hospital environments.