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The current dominated wearable body motion sensor is IMU. This work presented an alternative wearable motion-sensing approach: human body capacitance (HBC, also commonly defined as body-area electric field). While being less robust in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-27 Sizhen Bian , Vitor Fortes Rey , Siyu Yuan , Paul Lukowicz

Reaction time (RT) is a fundamental measure in cognitive and neurophysiological assessment, yet most existing RT systems require active user engagement and controlled environments, limiting their use in real-world settings. This paper…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-03-13 Abhigyan Sarkar , Boris Rubinsky

Grip force is commonly used as an overall health indicator in older adults and is valuable for tracking progress in physical training and rehabilitation. Existing methods for wearable grip force measurement are cumbersome and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Kian Mahmoodi , Yudong Xie , Tan Gemicioglu , Chi-Jung Lee , Jiwan Kim , Cheng Zhang

Modern wearable devices are embedded with a range of noninvasive biomarker sensors that hold promise for improving detection and treatment of disease. One such sensor is the single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) which measures electrical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-12-02 Jeffrey Chan , Andrew C. Miller , Emily B. Fox

Wearable computing is one of the fastest growing technologies today. Smart watches are poised to take over at least of half the wearable devices market in the near future. Smart watch screen size, however, is a limiting factor for growth,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-09 Seyed A Sajjadi , Danial Moazen , Ani Nahapetian

We present an open-access dataset of over 8000 acoustic impulse from 160 microphones spread across the body and affixed to wearable accessories. The data can be used to evaluate audio capture and array processing systems using wearable…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-12 Ryan M. Corey , Naoki Tsuda , Andrew C. Singer

Peripheral blood oxygen saturation Sp02 is a vital measure in healthcare. Modern off-the-shelf wrist-worn devices, such as the Apple Watch, FitBit, and Samsung Gear, have an onboard sensor called a pulse oximeter. While pulse oximeters are…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-06-19 Caleb Phillips , Daniyal Liaqat , Moshe Gabel , Eyal de Lara

Human physical motion activity identification has many potential applications in various fields, such as medical diagnosis, military sensing, sports analysis, and human-computer security interaction. With the recent advances in smartphones…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-01-24 Abdulrahman Alruban , Hind Alobaidi , Nathan Clarke' Fudong Li

Wireless earbuds are an appealing platform for wearable computing on-the-go. However, their small size and out-of-view location mean they support limited different inputs. We propose finger identification input on earbuds as a novel…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Jiwan Kim , Mingyu Han , Ian Oakley

Infants' spontaneous and voluntary movements mirror developmental integrity of brain networks since they require coordinated activation of multiple sites in the central nervous system. Accordingly, early detection of infants with atypical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-12-19 Manu Airaksinen , Okko Räsänen , Elina Ilén , Taru Häyrinen , Anna Kivi , Viviana Marchi , Anastasia Gallen , Sonja Blom , Anni Varhe , Nico Kaartinen , Leena Haataja , Sampsa Vanhatalo

The vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) and its characteristic weight acceptance and push-off peaks measured during walking are important for gait and biomechanical analysis. Current wearable vGRF estimation methods suffer from drifting…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Femi Olugbon , Nozhan Ghoreishi , Ming-Chun Huang , Wenyao Xu , Diliang Chen

Around 50 billion dollars is spent yearly on therapy for low back pain in the United States alone. Low back pain is one of the most common reasons for doctor visits. Having poor posture has been found to be a main cause of lower back pain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-02 Alyazyah Alsuwaidi , Aisha Alzarouni , Dana Bazazeh , Nawaf Almoosa , Kinda Khalaf , Raed Shubair

Due to the severe multipath effect, no satisfactory device-free methods have ever been found for indoor speed estimation problem, especially in non-line-of-sight scenarios, where the direct path between the source and observer is blocked.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-11 Feng Zhang , Chen Chen , Beibei Wang , K. J. Ray Liu

Within the last decade, running has become one of the most popular physical activities in the world. Although the benefits of running are numerous, there is a risk of Running Related Injuries (RRI) of the lower extremities. Electromyography…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-02-17 R. B. Ribas Manero , J. Grewal , B. Michael , A. Shafti , K. Althoefer , J. Ll. Ribas Fernandez , M. J. Howard

This paper addresses the task of counting human actions of interest using sensor data from wearable devices. We propose a novel exemplar-based framework, allowing users to provide exemplars of the actions they want to count by vocalizing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Yifeng Huang , Duc Duy Nguyen , Lam Nguyen , Cuong Pham , Minh Hoai

The growing trend of using wearable devices for context-aware computing and pervasive sensing systems has raised its potentials for quick and reliable authentication techniques. Since personal writing habitats differ from each other, it is…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Qi Lyu , Zhifeng Kong , Chao Shen , Tianwei Yue

Personal devices have adopted diverse authentication methods, including biometric recognition and passcodes. In contrast, headphones have limited input mechanisms, depending solely on the authentication of connected devices. We present…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Asaf Liberman , Oron Levy , Soroush Shahi , Cori Tymoszek Park , Mike Ralph , Richard Kang , Abdelkareem Bedri , Gierad Laput

A limiting factor towards the wide routine use of wearables devices for continuous healthcare monitoring is their cumbersome and obtrusive nature. This is particularly true for electroencephalography (EEG) recordings, which require the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-20 Laura M. Ferrari , Guy Abi Hanna , Paolo Volpe , Esma Ismailova , François Bremond , Maria A. Zuluaga

Objective: Commercial and research-grade wearable devices have become increasingly popular over the past decade. Information extracted from devices using accelerometers is frequently summarized as ``number of steps" (commercial devices) or…

Applications · Statistics 2023-06-14 Hau-Tieng Wu , Jacek Urbanek

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia and major risk factor for cardiovascular complications. While commercially available devices and supporting Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms exist for reliable detection of AF, the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Dominik Loroch , Johannes Feldmann , Vladimir Rybalkin , Norbert Wehn