Design of a wearable physical activity monitoring system using mobile phones and accelerometers

This paper describes the motivation for, and overarching design of, an open-source hardware and software system to enable population-scale, longitudinal measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior using common mobile phones. The "Wockets" data collection system permits research...

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Published in:2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2011-01, p.3636-3639
Main Authors: Intille, S. S., Albinali, F., Mota, S., Kuris, B., Botana, P., Haskell, W. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerometers
Batteries
Biomedical monitoring
Bluetooth
Mobile handsets
Monitoring
Sensors
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Summary:This paper describes the motivation for, and overarching design of, an open-source hardware and software system to enable population-scale, longitudinal measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior using common mobile phones. The "Wockets" data collection system permits researchers to collect raw motion data from participants who wear multiple small, comfortable sensors for 24 hours per day, including during sleep, and monitor data collection remotely.
ISSN:1094-687X
1558-4615
DOI:10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090611