Classification of daily physical activities from a single kinematic sensor

  • Pierre Barralon*
  • , Norbert Noury
  • , Nicolas Vuillerme
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This work was conducted in TIMC laboratory to develop methods able to monitor physical activities. In the framework of Health Smart Home, the purpose is to maintain and supervise elderly or fragile people at home. Activity and autonomy levels are important criteria to evaluate the health of the patient. The time spent in each postural state (lying, sitting, standing), the periods of walking and the number of postural transitions: sit-to-stand (StS), back-to-sit (BtS) give information about the patient's activity. The purpose of the current study is to detect these activities using an unique sensor made of three accelerometers, attached to the chest. First, this paper describes how each algorithm (posture, walk, postural transitions) works. Secondly, the results on real data are shown. An experiment with elderly subjects was carried out. Each subject performed daily activities (walking, sitting, lying down, ...) while wearing the sensor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2005 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE-EMBS 2005
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2447-2450
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0780387406, 9780780387409
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event2005 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE-EMBS 2005 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 1 Sept 20054 Sept 2005

Publication series

NameAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Volume7 VOLS
ISSN (Print)0589-1019

Conference

Conference2005 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE-EMBS 2005
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period1/09/054/09/05

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