動物行為量測在各種醫學研究領域中有著舉足輕重的地位。藉由感測器量測動物對環境或是藥物等因素的反應，來驗證藥物的特性。因此，量測動物行為的儀器必須設計得更加精準，且整合更多的功能，以達到便利準確的目標。

本實驗系統主要架構為觸控板，並以紅外線發射接收器來校正該系統。利用後者判定動物站立與否，與觸控板所得的量測結果比對，並從觸控板的量測數據找出規律，以便能以簡化的系統架構，準確量測動物的站立行為。

The measurement of animal behavior has played an important role in various kinds of medical research fields. The characteristics of medicine were verified by using sensors to observe the response of animals under effect of different medicines and environments. Therefore, the instrument must be designed more precise and accurate, and combines more functions to reach the goal of convenience and accuracy.

The main structure of this experimental system is a touch panel, and the system is calibrated by a subsystem constructed with infrared transmitters and receivers. At first, we measure the animal standing motion with the touch panel and infrared subsystem simultaneously. Then we analyze the loci recorded by the touch panel under different sets of analyzing parameters, and obtain the recognized data of animal standing motion. Finally, we compare the data from infrared subsystem with the different recognized data from the touch panel system to find a suitable set of analyzing parameters for the most accurate measurement.

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