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Sensor-based human activity recognition is a key technology for many human-centered intelligent applications. However, this research is still in its infancy and faces many unresolved challenges. To address these, we propose a comprehensive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Hanyu Liu , Ying Yu , Hang Xiao , Siyao Li , Xuze Li , Jiarui Li , Haotian Tang

This study presents a novel method to recognize human physical activities using CNN followed by LSTM. Achieving high accuracy by traditional machine learning algorithms, (such as SVM, KNN and random forest method) is a challenging task…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-16 Waqar Ahmad , Misbah Kazmi , Hazrat Ali

Previous work has demonstrated that virtual accelerometry data, extracted from videos using cross-modality transfer approaches like IMUTube, is beneficial for training complex and effective human activity recognition (HAR) models. Systems…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-03 Zikang Leng , Yash Jain , Hyeokhyen Kwon , Thomas Plötz

We introduce a novel approach to user authentication called Motion ID. The method employs motion sensing provided by inertial measurement units (IMUs), using it to verify the persons identity via short time series of IMU data captured by…

Action recognition is a vital task in computer vision, and many methods are developed to push it to the limit. However, current action recognition models have huge computational costs, which cannot be deployed to real-world tasks on mobile…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Chen-Lin Zhang , Xin-Xin Liu , Jianxin Wu

Compared with visual signals, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) placed on human limbs can capture accurate motion signals while being robust to lighting variation and occlusion. While these characteristics are intuitively valuable to help…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Mingfang Zhang , Yifei Huang , Ruicong Liu , Yoichi Sato

While the widely available embedded sensors in smartphones and other wearable devices make it easier to obtain data of human activities, recognizing different types of human activities from sensor-based data remains a difficult research…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-15 Taoran Sheng , Manfred Huber

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is a challenging problem that needs advanced solutions than using handcrafted features to achieve a desirable performance. Deep learning has been proposed as a solution to obtain more accurate HAR systems…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Hamed Damirchi , Rooholla Khorrambakht , Hamid Taghirad

This paper presents a human gait data collection for analysis and activity recognition consisting of continues recordings of combined activities, such as walking, running, taking stairs up and down, sitting down, and so on; and the data…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-07-12 Roman Chereshnev , Attila Kertesz-Farkas

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is one of the essential building blocks of so many applications like security, monitoring, the internet of things and human-robot interaction. The research community has developed various methodologies to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-06-10 Farhad Nazari , Navid Mohajer , Darius Nahavandi , Abbas Khosravi , Saeid Nahavandi

Motivated by the proliferation of Internet-of-Thing (IoT) devices and the rapid advances in the field of deep learning, there is a growing interest in pushing deep learning computations, conventionally handled by the cloud, to the edge of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Marco Palena , Tania Cerquitelli , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini

Advanced wearable sensor devices have enabled the recording of vast amounts of movement data from individuals regarding their physical activities. This data offers valuable insights that enhance our understanding of how physical activities…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Thomas Peroutka , Ilir Murturi , Praveen Kumar Donta , Schahram Dustdar

Machine learning-based wearable human activity recognition (WHAR) models enable the development of various smart and connected community applications such as sleep pattern monitoring, medication reminders, cognitive health assessment,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-14 Avijoy Chakma , Abu Zaher Md Faridee , Indrajeet Ghosh , Nirmalya Roy

Edge computing allows more computing tasks to take place on the decentralized nodes at the edge of networks. Today many delay sensitive, mission-critical applications can leverage these edge devices to reduce the time delay or even to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-02 Seyed Yahya Nikouei , Yu Chen , Sejun Song , Ronghua Xu , Baek-Young Choi , Timothy R. Faughnan

This paper proposes a wearable-controlled mobile manipulator system for intelligent smart home assistance, integrating MEMS capacitive microphones, IMU sensors, vibration motors, and pressure feedback to enhance human-robot interaction. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Xiao Jin , Bo Xiao , Huijiang Wang , Wendong Wang , Zhenhua Yu

We present WEARDA, the open source WEARable sensor Data Acquisition software package. WEARDA facilitates the acquisition of human activity data with smartwatches and is primarily aimed at researchers who require transparency, full control,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Richard M. K. van Dijk , Daniela Gawehns , Matthijs van Leeuwen

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

Classification between different activities in an indoor environment using wireless signals is an emerging technology for various applications, including intrusion detection, patient care, and smart home. Researchers have shown different…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-10 B. R. Manoj , Guoda Tian , Sara Gunnarsson , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson

In this paper, we introduce a deep learning solution for video activity recognition that leverages an innovative combination of convolutional layers with a linear-complexity attention mechanism. Moreover, we introduce a novel quantization…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Gabriele Lagani , Fabrizio Falchi , Claudio Gennaro , Giuseppe Amato

The advent of the Edge Computing (EC) leads to a huge ecosystem where numerous nodes can interact with data collection devices located close to end users. Human detection and tracking can be realized at edge nodes that perform the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Fesatidis Georgios , Bratsos Dimitrios , Kostas Kolomvatsos