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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has found application in Human Activity Recognition (HAR) in competitive sports. To date, most Machine Learning (ML) approaches for HAR have relied on offline (batch) training, imposing higher computational and…

Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are central to wearable systems for activity recognition and pose estimation, but sensor placement remains largely guided by heuristics and convention. In this work, we introduce Where to Wear (W2W), a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Lala Shakti Swarup Ray , Bo Zhou , Paul Lukowicz

Many applications involve humans in the loop, where continuous and accurate human motion monitoring provides valuable information for safe and intuitive human-machine interaction. Portable devices such as inertial measurement units (IMUs)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Xiaobing Dai , Huanzhuo Wu , Siyi Wang , Junjie Jiao , Giang T. Nguyen , Frank H. P. Fitzek , Sandra Hirche

Although many deep learning (DL) algorithms have been proposed for the IMU-based HAR domain, traditional machine learning that utilizes handcrafted time series features (TSFs) still often performs well. It is not rare that combinations…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Yu Enokibori

The Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile technology have significantly transformed healthcare by enabling real-time monitoring and diagnosis of patients. Recognizing medical-related human activities (MRHA) is pivotal for healthcare systems,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Subrata Kumer Paul , Abu Saleh Musa Miah , Rakhi Rani Paul , Md. Ekramul Hamid , Jungpil Shin , Md Abdur Rahim

Leveraging wearable devices for motion reconstruction has emerged as an economical and viable technique. Certain methodologies employ sparse Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) on the human body and harness data-driven strategies to model…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Xueyuan Yang , Chao Yao , Xiaojuan Ban

Sensors are an integral part of modern Internet of Things (IoT) applications. There is a critical need for the analysis of heterogeneous multivariate temporal data obtained from the individual sensors of these systems. In this paper we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Yujing Chen , Yue Ning , Zheng Chai , Huzefa Rangwala

Human activity recognition (HAR) is often limited by the scarcity of labeled datasets due to the high cost and complexity of real-world data collection. To mitigate this, recent work has explored generating virtual inertial measurement unit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Zikang Leng , Archith Iyer , Thomas Plötz

In this paper, we propose four continuous authentication designs by using the characteristics of arm movements while individuals walk. The first design uses acceleration of arms captured by a smartwatch's accelerometer sensor, the second…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-03-08 Rajesh Kumar , Vir V Phoha , Rahul Raina

The lack of large-scale, labeled data sets impedes progress in developing robust and generalized predictive models for on-body sensor-based human activity recognition (HAR). Labeled data in human activity recognition is scarce and hard to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-05 Hyeokhyen Kwon , Catherine Tong , Harish Haresamudram , Yan Gao , Gregory D. Abowd , Nicholas D. Lane , Thomas Ploetz

Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) has long been a dream for stable and reliable motion estimation, especially in indoor environments where GPS strength limits. In this paper, we propose a novel method for position and orientation estimation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Yingying Wang , Hu Cheng , Max Q. H. Meng

Inertial motion analysis is having a growing interest during the last decades due to its advantages over classical optical systems. The technological solution based on inertial measurement units allows the measurement of movements in daily…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-24 Sara García-de-Villa , David Casillas-Pérez , Ana Jiménez-Martín , Juan Jesús García-Domínguez

The ubiquity of personal digital devices offers unprecedented opportunities to study human behavior. Current state-of-the-art methods quantify physical activity using 'activity counts,' a measure which overlooks specific types of physical…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-07-18 Marcin Straczkiewicz , Emily J. Huang , Jukka-Pekka Onnela

The current gold standard for human activity recognition (HAR) is based on the use of cameras. However, the poor scalability of camera systems renders them impractical in pursuit of the goal of wider adoption of HAR in mobile computing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Eoin Brophy , José Juan Dominguez Veiga , Zhengwei Wang , Alan F. Smeaton , Tomas E. Ward

Internet of things (IoT) has been playing an important role in many sectors, such as smart cities, smart agriculture, smart healthcare, and smart manufacturing. However, IoT devices are highly vulnerable to cyber-attacks, which may result…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Vu-Duc Ngo , Tuan-Cuong Vuong , Thien Van Luong , Hung Tran

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) from wearable sensor data identifies movements or activities in unconstrained environments. HAR is a challenging problem as it presents great variability across subjects. Obtaining large amounts of labelled…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Arttu Lämsä , Jaakko Tervonen , Jussi Liikka , Constantino Álvarez Casado , Miguel Bordallo López

Despite widespread adoption of smartwatches worldwide, open-benchmarks for wrist-based gesture recognition remain surprisingly limited. In this work, we introduce the first open-access multi-modal benchmark, OpenWatch, for wrist-based…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Pietro Bonazzi , Youssef Ahmed , Daniel Eckert , Andrea Ronco , Junjie Zeng , Dengxin Dai , Michele Magno

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

Falls among individuals, especially the elderly population, can lead to serious injuries and complications. Detecting impact moments within a fall event is crucial for providing timely assistance and minimizing the negative consequences. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Tresor Y. Koffi , Youssef Mourchid , Mohammed Hindawi , Yohan Dupuis

Sedentary behavior poses a major public health risk, being strongly linked to obesity, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic conditions. Accurately estimating sitting time is therefore critical for monitoring and improving individual…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Olivia Zhang , Zhilin Zhang