Real-time processing of handstate representation model estimates

A method for providing a dynamically-updated musculoskeletal representation of a hand, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a plurality of neuromuscular sensors, a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user;
• executing a trained statistical model representing handstate;
• providing, as input to the executed statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals;
• temporally smoothing in real-time an output of the trained statistical model;
• determining, based on the smoothed output of the trained statistical model:
• position information describing a spatial relationship between two or more connected segments of the musculoskeletal representation;
• and
• force information describing a force exerted by at least one segment of the musculoskeletal representation;
• and
• updating the musculoskeletal representation of the hand based, at least in part, on the position information and the force information.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one computer processor, performs a method for providing a dynamically-updated musculoskeletal representation of a hand, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a plurality of neuromuscular sensors, a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user;
• executing a trained statistical model representing handstate;
• providing, as input to the executed statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals;
• temporally smoothing in real-time an output of the trained statistical model;
• determining, based on the smoothed output of the trained statistical model:
• position information describing a spatial relationship between two or more connected segments of the musculoskeletal representation;
• and
• force information describing a force exerted by at least one segment of the musculoskeletal representation;
• and
• updating the musculoskeletal representation of the hand based, at least in part, on the position information and the force information.