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PAL: Intelligence Augmentation using Egocentric Visual Context Detection

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2021-05-25 v1 Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction

Abstract

Egocentric visual context detection can support intelligence augmentation applications. We created a wearable system, called PAL, for wearable, personalized, and privacy-preserving egocentric visual context detection. PAL has a wearable device with a camera, heart-rate sensor, on-device deep learning, and audio input/output. PAL also has a mobile/web application for personalized context labeling. We used on-device deep learning models for generic object and face detection, low-shot custom face and context recognition (e.g., activities like brushing teeth), and custom context clustering (e.g., indoor locations). The models had over 80\% accuracy in in-the-wild contexts (~1000 images) and we tested PAL for intelligence augmentation applications like behavior change. We have made PAL is open-source to further support intelligence augmentation using personalized and privacy-preserving egocentric visual contexts.

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@article{arxiv.2105.10735,
  title  = {PAL: Intelligence Augmentation using Egocentric Visual Context Detection},
  author = {Mina Khan and Pattie Maes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10735},
  year   = {2021}
}
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