Hand Gesture Recognition Using Quantum Inspired Neural Networks with sEMG
摘要
Hand gesture recognition (HGR) is critical in prosthetics, rehabilitation, and human–machine interaction. This study introduces a quantum-inspired neural framework for multimodal HGR using surface electromyography (sEMG) and CyberGlove signals from the NINAPRO DB1 dataset. The dataset includes 52 gestures performed by 10 subjects, captured with 10 sEMG electrodes and 22 CyberGlove joint- angle sensors. Preprocessing involved segmentation, statistical feature extraction, and dimensionality reduction via principal component analysis (PCA). The features were mapped into quantum-inspired represen- tations and classified using three architectures: Quantum-Inspired Recurrent Neural Network (Q-RNN), Quantum-Inspired Convolutional Neural Network (Q-CNN), and Quantum Ensemble Design (QED). Experimental results showed that QED achieved the highest performance with 77.5% accuracy, outperform- ing both Q- RNN (70.0%) and Q-CNN (50.3%). These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of ensemble based quantum models for multimodal gesture recog- nition and highlight their potential for real-time applications in next generation human–computer interaction systems.