Augmented reality based upper limb rehabilitation system

Traditional motor rehabilitation is monotonous and dull. There is little interaction between the users and the system. The effect of rehabilitation is far from satisfying. To overcome the shortcomings of traditional rehabilitation, augmented reality (AR) technology is introduced into rehabilitation, and a novel upper limb rehabilitation system is proposed. Vision based method is used to register virtual objects. The integration of virtual objects and real world brings benefits of both traditional rehabilitation system and virtual reality (VR) rehabilitation system. The proposed system offers 3 augmented reality games, in which a patient controls virtual objects by manipulating some marker attached appliances. The patient's performances are recorded. The remote therapist system is established, by which the data and the patient's training video are provided to the therapists Thus, therapists can easily get the information of a patient and give the patient professional guidance.