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Wi-Fi Gesture Recognition on Existing Devices

Human-Computer Interaction 2014-11-21 v1

Abstract

This paper introduces the first wireless gesture recognition system that operates using existingWi-Fi signals and devices. To achieve this, we first identify limitations of existing wireless gesture recognition approaches that limit their applicability to Wi-Fi. We then introduce algorithms that can classify gestures using information that is readily available on Wi-Fi devices. We demonstrate the feasibility of our design using a prototype implementation on off-the-shelf Wi-Fi devices. Our results show that we can achieve a classification accuracy of 91% while classifying four gestures across six participants, without the need for per-participant training. Finally, we show the feasibility of gesture recognition in non-line-ofsight situations with the participants interacting with a Wi-Fi device placed in a backpack.

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@article{arxiv.1411.5394,
  title  = {Wi-Fi Gesture Recognition on Existing Devices},
  author = {Rajalakshmi Nandakumar and Bryce Kellogg and Shyamnath Gollakota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.5394},
  year   = {2014}
}
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