Memory and Processing Efficient Formula for Moving Variance Calculation in EEG and EMG Signal Processing

Mario Michael Krell, Marc Tabie, Hendrik Wöhrle, Elsa Andrea Kirchner

2013

Abstract

Adaptation of human-machine interaction devices by means of physiological data requires online analysis. We introduce new update formulas for otherwise time-demanding calculations of window based current mean and variance of the signal. Those were required for efficient realtime time series data processing. We discuss the formulas with the help of synthetic data. They differ from existing incremental calculations due to a decremental component, because of samples leaving the window of observation. An example application for EMG-based movement onset prediction is presented.

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Krell M., Tabie M., Wöhrle H. and Kirchner E. (2013). Memory and Processing Efficient Formula for Moving Variance Calculation in EEG and EMG Signal Processing . In Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: NEUROTECHNIX, ISBN 978-989-8565-80-8, pages 41-45. DOI: 10.5220/0004633800410045


in Bibtex Style

@conference{neurotechnix13,
author={Mario Michael Krell and Marc Tabie and Hendrik Wöhrle and Elsa Andrea Kirchner},
title={Memory and Processing Efficient Formula for Moving Variance Calculation in EEG and EMG Signal Processing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: NEUROTECHNIX,},
year={2013},
pages={41-45},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004633800410045},
isbn={978-989-8565-80-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: NEUROTECHNIX,
TI - Memory and Processing Efficient Formula for Moving Variance Calculation in EEG and EMG Signal Processing
SN - 978-989-8565-80-8
AU - Krell M.
AU - Tabie M.
AU - Wöhrle H.
AU - Kirchner E.
PY - 2013
SP - 41
EP - 45
DO - 10.5220/0004633800410045