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The problem of automatic identification of physical activities performed by human subjects is referred to as Human Activity Recognition (HAR). There exist several techniques to measure motion characteristics during these physical…

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Smartphones, smartwatches, fitness trackers, and ad-hoc wearable devices are being increasingly used to monitor human activities. Data acquired by the hosted sensors are usually processed by machine-learning-based algorithms to classify…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-09 Daniela Micucci , Marco Mobilio , Paolo Napoletano

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

Over the last few decades, Smartphone technology has seen significant improvements. Enhancements specific to built-in Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and other dedicated sensors of the smartphones(which are often available as default)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-24 Yuvaraj Govindarajulu , Raja Rajeshwari Raj Kumar

Adjusting to amputation can often time be difficult for the body. Post-surgery, amputees have to wait for up to several months before receiving a properly fitted prosthesis. In recent years, there has been a trend toward quantitative…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-03-06 Avinash Sharma , Wally Niu , Christopher L. Hunt , George Levay , Rahul Kaliki , Nitish V. Thakor

Recognizing human activity plays a significant role in the advancements of human-interaction applications in healthcare, personal fitness, and smart devices. Many papers presented various techniques for human activity representation that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Reem Abdel-Salam , Rana Mostafa , Mayada Hadhood

The proliferation of deep learning has significantly advanced various fields, yet Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has not fully capitalized on these developments, primarily due to the scarcity of labeled datasets. Despite the integration…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-26 Parham Zolfaghari , Vitor Fortes Rey , Lala Ray , Hyun Kim , Sungho Suh , Paul Lukowicz

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is one of the central problems in fields such as healthcare, elderly care, and security at home. However, traditional HAR approaches face challenges including data scarcity, difficulties in model…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Xi Chen , Julien Cumin , Fano Ramparany , Dominique Vaufreydaz

Research has shown the complementarity of camera- and inertial-based data for modeling human activities, yet datasets with both egocentric video and inertial-based sensor data remain scarce. In this paper, we introduce WEAR, an outdoor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Marius Bock , Hilde Kuehne , Kristof Van Laerhoven , Michael Moeller

Human activity recognition (HAR) is a rapidly growing field that utilizes smart devices, sensors, and algorithms to automatically classify and identify the actions of individuals within a given environment. These systems have a wide range…

This work presents the solution of the Signal Sleuths team for the 2024 HASCA WEAR challenge. The challenge focuses on detecting 18 workout activities (and the null class) using accelerometer data from 4 wearables - one worn on each limb.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Jonas Van Der Donckt , Jeroen Van Der Donckt , Sofie Van Hoecke

Vision-based human activity recognition (HAR) has made substantial progress in recognizing predefined gestures but lacks adaptability for emerging activities. This paper introduces a paradigm shift by harnessing generative modeling and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Nikhil Kashyap , Manas Satish Bedmutha , Prerit Chaudhary , Brian Wood , Wanda Pratt , Janice Sabin , Andrea Hartzler , Nadir Weibel

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

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) based on wearable inertial sensors plays a critical role in remote health monitoring. In patients with movement disorders, the ability to detect abnormal patient movements in their home environments can…

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) using Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors is a cornerstone of mobile health, smart environments, and human-computer interaction. However, current deep learning-based HAR models often struggle with heavy…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Naiyu Zheng , Tianlong Yu , Haochen Yin , Xiaoyi Fan , Xiping Hu , Zhimeng Yin

Measures of Activity of Daily Living (ADL) are an important indicator of overall health but difficult to measure in-clinic. Automated and accurate human activity recognition (HAR) using wrist-worn accelerometers enables practical and cost…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Niranjan Sridhar , Lance Myers

Human limb motion tracking and recognition plays an important role in medical rehabilitation training, lower limb assistance, prosthetics design for amputees, feedback control for assistive robots, etc. Lightweight wearable sensors,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-30 Jiao Suo , Yifan Liu , Clio Cheng , Keer Wang , Meng Chen , Ho-yin Chan , Roy Vellaisamy , Ning Xi , Vivian W. Q. Lou , Wen Jung Li

With each sensing modality exhibiting inherent strengths and limitations, multi-modal approaches for wearable Human Activity Recognition (HAR) are becoming increasingly relevant -- particularly for recognizing Activities of Daily Living…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Robin Burchard , Pascal-André Brückner , Marius Bock , Juergen Gall , Kristof Van Laerhoven

Human activity recognition based on wearable sensor data has been an attractive research topic due to its application in areas such as healthcare and smart environments. In this context, many works have presented remarkable results using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-04 Artur Jordao , Antonio C. Nazare , Jessica Sena , William Robson Schwartz

Wrist accelerometers for assessing hallmark measures of physical activity (PA) are rapidly growing with the advent of smartwatch technology. Given the growing popularity of wrist-worn accelerometers, there needs to be a rigorous evaluation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-17 Mamoun T. Mardini , Subhash Nerella Amal A. Wanigatunga , Santiago Saldana , Ramon Casanova , Todd M. Manini