precise evaluation of anthropometric 2d software processing of hand in comparison with direct method

Various studies carried out on different photo anthropometry, but each one had some deficiencies which during the years theyhave been resolved. the objective of this paper is to test the efficiency of two dimensional image processing software in photoanthropometry of hand. in this applied research, 204 office workers and industrial workers were selected. their hands weremeasured by manual with photo anthropometric methods. in this study, designing the “hand photo anthropometry set,” we tried tofix the angle and distance of the camera in all of the photos. thus, some of the common mistakes in photo anthropometric methodgot controlled. the taken photos were analyzed by digimizer software, version 4.1.1.0 and digital caliper (model: mitutoyo corp.,tokyo, japan) was used via manual method. t test statistical test on data revealed that there is no significant difference betweenthe manual and photo anthropometric results (p > 0.05) and the correlation coefficients for hand dimensions are similar in bothmethods illustrated in the range of 0.71 - 0.95. the statistical analyses showed that photo anthropometry can be replaced withmanual methods. furthermore, it can provide a great help to develop an anthropometric database for work gloves manufacturers.since the hand anthropometry is a necessary input for tool design, this survey can be used to determine the percentiles ofworkers’ hands.