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Background: Smartphones are now nearly ubiquitous; their numerous built-in sensors enable continuous measurement of activities of daily living, making them especially well-suited for health research. Researchers have proposed various human…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-03-29 Marcin Straczkiewicz , Peter James , Jukka-Pekka Onnela

In the last decade, Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has become a vibrant research area, especially due to the spread of electronic devices such as smartphones, smartwatches and video cameras present in our daily lives. In addition, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-20 Florenc Demrozi , Graziano Pravadelli , Azra Bihorac , Parisa Rashidi

Physical activity level (PAL) in older adults can enhance healthy aging, improve functional capacity, and prevent diseases. It is known that human annotations of PAL can be affected by subjectivity and inaccuracy. Recently developed smart…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-01-23 A. L. Alfeo , M. G. C. A. Cimino , G. Vaglini

Batteryless or so called passive wearables are providing new and innovative methods for human activity recognition (HAR), especially in healthcare applications for older people. Passive sensors are low cost, lightweight, unobtrusive and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-07 Alireza Abedin , S. Hamid Rezatofighi , Qinfeng Shi , Damith C. Ranasinghe

Assessing the physical condition in rehabilitation scenarios is a challenging problem, since it involves Human Activity Recognition (HAR) and kinematic analysis methods. In addition, the difficulties increase in unconstrained rehabilitation…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Asma Bensalah , Jialuo Chen , Alicia Fornés , Cristina Carmona-Duarte , Josep Lladós , Miguel A. Ferrer

The field of Human Activity Recognition (HAR) focuses on obtaining and analysing data captured from monitoring devices (e.g. sensors). There is a wide range of applications within the field; for instance, assisted living, security…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Flávia Alves , Martin Gairing , Frans A. Oliehoek , Thanh-Toan Do

We consider human activity recognition (HAR) from wearable sensor data in manual-work processes, like warehouse order-picking. Such structured domains can often be partitioned into distinct process steps, e.g., packaging or transporting.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-09 Stefan Lüdtke , Fernando Moya Rueda , Waqas Ahmed , Gernot A. Fink , Thomas Kirste

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is a powerful tool for understanding human behaviour. Applying HAR to wearable sensors can provide new insights by enriching the feature set in health studies, and enhance the personalisation and…

Mobile and wearable devices have enabled numerous applications, including activity tracking, wellness monitoring, and human--computer interaction, that measure and improve our daily lives. Many of these applications are made possible by…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-03-04 Shibo Zhang , Yaxuan Li , Shen Zhang , Farzad Shahabi , Stephen Xia , Yu Deng , Nabil Alshurafa

Advances in deep learning for human activity recognition have been relatively limited due to the lack of large labelled datasets. In this study, we leverage self-supervised learning techniques on the UK-Biobank activity tracker dataset--the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-21 Hang Yuan , Shing Chan , Andrew P. Creagh , Catherine Tong , Aidan Acquah , David A. Clifton , Aiden Doherty

Musculoskeletal injuries during military training significantly impact readiness, making prevention through activity monitoring crucial. While Human Activity Recognition (HAR) using wearable devices offers promising solutions, it faces…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Barak Gahtan , Shany Funk , Einat Kodesh , Itay Ketko , Tsvi Kuflik , Alex M. Bronstein

This article presents and evaluates a novel algorithm for learning a physical activity classifier for a low-power embedded wrist-located device. The overall system is designed for real-time execution and it is implemented in the commercial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-03 Ricard Delgado-Gonzalo , Philippe Renevey , Adrian Tarniceriu , Jakub Parak , Mattia Bertschi

Objective: Participation in a physical therapy program is considered one of the greatest predictors of successful conservative management of common shoulder disorders. However, adherence to these protocols is often poor and typically worse…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-09-10 David Burns , Nathan Leung , Michael Hardisty , Cari Whyne , Patrick Henry , Stewart McLachlin

Recent years have witnessed the rapid development of human activity recognition (HAR) based on wearable sensor data. One can find many practical applications in this area, especially in the field of health care. Many machine learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-16 H. D. Nguyen , K. P. Tran , X. Zeng , L. Koehl , G. Tartare

In this study, we propose a method for single sensor-based activity recognition, trained with data from multiple sensors. There is no doubt that the performance of complex activity recognition systems increases when we use enough sensors…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-02-27 Paula Lago , Moe Matsuki , Sozo Inoue

The objective of the panoramic activity recognition task is to identify behaviors at various granularities within crowded and complex environments, encompassing individual actions, social group activities, and global activities. Existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-02 Wenqing Gan , Yan Sun , Feiran Liu , Xiangfeng Luo

Human Activity Recognition~(HAR) is the classification of human movement, captured using one or more sensors either as wearables or embedded in the environment~(e.g. depth cameras, pressure mats). State-of-the-art methods of HAR rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Anjana Wijekoon , Nirmalie Wiratunga

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is an ongoing research topic. It has applications in medical support, sports, fitness, social networking, human-computer interfaces, senior care, entertainment, surveillance, and the list goes on.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Hamza Ali Imran , Saad Wazir , Usman Iftikhar , Usama Latif

Pedestrian Attribute Recognition (PAR) is a challenging task in intelligent video surveillance. Two key challenges in PAR include complex alignment relations between images and attributes, and imbalanced data distribution. Existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-30 Zhong Ji , Zhenfei Hu , Yaodong Wang , Shengjia Li

We developed a ResNet-based human activity recognition (HAR) model with minimal overhead to detect gait versus non-gait activities and everyday activities (walking, running, stairs, standing, sitting, lying, sit-to-stand transitions). The…