Human Physical Activity Recognition Using Smartphone Sensors

Because the number of elderly people is predicted to increase quickly in the upcoming years, "aging in place" (which refers to living at home regardless of age and other factors) is becoming an important topic in the area of ambient assisted living. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a h...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2019-01, Vol.19 (3), p.458
Main Authors: Voicu, Robert-Andrei, Dobre, Ciprian, Bajenaru, Lidia, Ciobanu, Radu-Ioan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerometry - methods
activity recognition
ambient assisted living
Biosensing Techniques - methods
Cell Phone
Exercise - physiology
Female
Human Activities
Humans
machine learning
Male
Monitoring, Ambulatory - methods
Running - physiology
Smartphone
smartphones
Walking - physiology
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Summary:Because the number of elderly people is predicted to increase quickly in the upcoming years, "aging in place" (which refers to living at home regardless of age and other factors) is becoming an important topic in the area of ambient assisted living. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a human physical activity recognition system based on data collected from smartphone sensors. The proposed approach implies developing a classifier using three sensors available on a smartphone: accelerometer, gyroscope, and gravity sensor. We have chosen to implement our solution on mobile phones because they are ubiquitous and do not require the subjects to carry additional sensors that might impede their activities. For our proposal, we target walking, running, sitting, standing, ascending, and descending stairs. We evaluate the solution against two datasets (an internal one collected by us and an external one) with great effect. Results show good accuracy for recognizing all six activities, with especially good results obtained for walking, running, sitting, and standing. The system is fully implemented on a mobile device as an Android application.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s19030458