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Objective: This study investigates a new hand exoskeleton control framework for stroke patients using a brain-computer interface (BCI) technique. Methods: Hand rehabilitation exoskeletons are required to improve critical features, including portability, low cost, safe human-robotic interaction, and intelligent control. The new hand exoskeleton works on brain-computer interface techniques to present a feasibility human-control framework, further to evaluate stroke patients in rehabilitation action research. A visualization design software is utilized to construct the mechatronic system of the hand exoskeleton. A subscript process in the software sets motion parameters of torque, angular displacement, and angular velocity to present a feasibility aim in extension and flexion motion. Main results: The simulation results showed that the proposed hand exoskeleton could generate enough range in finger extension and flexion motion without any interruptions, and real motion experiments by the 3D product also support the feasibility result. Significant: The hand exoskeleton can be used to explore stroke patients in cortex hemodynamic changes using a brain imaging modality, such as function near-infrared spectroscopy.

One of the advantages of fNIRS systems is their portability for real-world applications. Therefore, the online rejection of the motion artifacts in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals is one of the essential research topics. We proposed a square-root cubature Kalman filter using a weighted moving average model to tract the dynamics of motion artifacts. The rationale and feasibility of the method were discussed using simulated data generated using a Balloon model. The results show that the proposed filter has a good suppression of spike-like motion artifacts. Finally, conclusions and further study are discussed.

Objective. This study is to investigate a cognition-based evaluation method of commercial advertisement videos (CAV) using neuroscientific technologies. The videos include three types of duration (15, 30, and 60 sec) and two narrative structures (linear and nonlinear). In the neuro-marketing area, the brain imaging tools have become more prevalent in recent years, and it can improve product-marketing competition as a kind of novel approach. Approach. In this study, the hemodynamic responses (HRs) in the prefrontal cortex using functional near-infrared spectroscopy were measured from 8 participants while exposing them to six different types of videos. In examining the HRs, the paired sample t-test and t-value were utilized. The oxyhemoglobin (HbO) responses of three durations and two structures showed that the HRs between different structures and durations were distinguishable. Main results. For the same duration CAVs, the averaged HbO concentration level of linear structure was higher than that of nonlinear structure. The HRs of 30 s and 15 s CAVs were the higher than that of 60 s CAVS of linear and nonlinear structures. Significance. This finding suggests that the brain cortex HRs involve during the evaluation of CAVs that can be related to the structure and duration of the video. A cognition-based CAV assessment can be utilized in the digital advertisement industry. Conclusively, to persuade the consumers, a 30 s video is recommended if the structure is linear, and a 15 s video is suggested if the structure is nonlinear. Therefore, considering the production budget in advance, a wise decision can be made in developing consumer market strategies.