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As of today, state-of-the-art activity recognition from wearable sensors relies on algorithms being trained to classify fixed windows of data. In contrast, video-based Human Activity Recognition, known as Temporal Action Localization (TAL),…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Marius Bock , Michael Moeller , Kristof Van Laerhoven

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…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-06 Antonio Bevilacqua , Kyle MacDonald , Aamina Rangarej , Venessa Widjaya , Brian Caulfield , Tahar Kechadi

Human Activity Recognition supports applications in healthcare, manufacturing, and human-machine interaction. LiDAR point clouds offer a privacy-preserving alternative to cameras and are robust to illumination. We propose a HAR method based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Sasan Sharifipour , Constantino Álvarez Casado , Le Nguyen , Tharindu Ekanayake , Manuel Lage Cañellas , Nhi Nguyen , Miguel Bordallo López

Human activity recognition using deep learning techniques has become increasing popular because of its high effectivity with recognizing complex tasks, as well as being relatively low in costs compared to more traditional machine learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-29 Wei Zhong Tee , Rushit Dave , Naeem Seliya , Mounika Vanamala

Human activity recognition, facilitated by smart devices, has recently garnered significant attention. Deep learning algorithms have become pivotal in daily activities, sports, and healthcare. Nevertheless, addressing the challenge of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Nazanin Sedaghati , Masoud Kargar , Sina Abbaskhani

Human activity recognition (HAR) using wearable sensors has advanced through various machine learning paradigms, each with inherent trade-offs between performance and labeling requirements. While fully supervised techniques achieve high…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Taoran Sheng , Manfred Huber

A person's movement or relative positioning can be effectively captured by different types of sensors and corresponding sensor output can be utilized in various manipulative techniques for the classification of different human activities.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Utsab Saha , Sawradip Saha , Tahmid Kabir , Shaikh Anowarul Fattah , Mohammad Saquib

Humans naturally follow distinct patterns when conducting their daily activities, which are driven by established practices and processes, such as production workflows, social norms and daily routines. Human activity recognition (HAR)…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Jiawei Zheng , Petros Papapanagiotou , Jacques D. Fleuriot , Jane Hillston

In this work, we propose an open-source scalable end-to-end RTL framework FieldHAR, for complex human activity recognition (HAR) from heterogeneous sensors using artificial neural networks (ANN) optimized for FPGA or ASIC integration.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Mengxi Liu , Bo Zhou , Zimin Zhao , Hyeonseok Hong , Hyun Kim , Sungho Suh , Vitor Fortes Rey , Paul Lukowicz

Human activity recognition (HAR) is a research field that employs Machine Learning (ML) techniques to identify user activities. Recent studies have prioritized the development of HAR solutions directly executed on wearable devices, enabling…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Hazem Hesham Yousef Shalby , Manuel Roveri

While computers play an increasingly important role in every aspect of our lives, their inability to understand what tasks users are physically performing makes a wide range of applications, including health monitoring and context-specific…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Arvind Seshan

Real-time Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has wide-ranging applications in areas such as context-aware environments, public safety, assistive technologies, and autonomous monitoring and surveillance systems. However, existing real-time HAR…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Wasi Ullah , Yasir Noman Khalid , Saddam Hussain Khan

Our ability to exploit low-cost wearable sensing modalities for critical human behaviour and activity monitoring applications in health and wellness is reliant on supervised learning regimes; here, deep learning paradigms have proven…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-20 Alireza Abedin , Farbod Motlagh , Qinfeng Shi , Seyed Hamid Rezatofighi , Damith Chinthana Ranasinghe

Multimodal human action recognition (HAR) leverages complementary sensors for activity classification. Beyond recognition, recent advances in large language models (LLMs) enable detailed descriptions and causal reasoning, motivating new…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Siyang Jiang , Mu Yuan , Xiang Ji , Bufang Yang , Zeyu Liu , Lilin Xu , Yang Li , Yuting He , Liran Dong , Wenrui Lu , Zhenyu Yan , Xiaofan Jiang , Wei Gao , Hongkai Chen , Guoliang Xing

The vast proliferation of sensor devices and Internet of Things enables the applications of sensor-based activity recognition. However, there exist substantial challenges that could influence the performance of the recognition system in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-01-25 Kaixuan Chen , Dalin Zhang , Lina Yao , Bin Guo , Zhiwen Yu , Yunhao Liu

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) on resource-constrained wearable devices demands inference models that harmonize accuracy with computational efficiency. This paper introduces TinierHAR, an ultra-lightweight deep learning architecture that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Sizhen Bian , Mengxi Liu , Vitor Fortes Rey , Daniel Geissler , Paul Lukowicz

Understanding human actions in visual data is tied to advances in complementary research areas including object recognition, human dynamics, domain adaptation and semantic segmentation. Over the last decade, human action analysis evolved…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-02-02 Samitha Herath , Mehrtash Harandi , Fatih Porikli

Deep learning methods are successfully used in applications pertaining to ubiquitous computing, health, and well-being. Specifically, the area of human activity recognition (HAR) is primarily transformed by the convolutional and recurrent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Aaqib Saeed , Tanir Ozcelebi , Johan Lukkien

Skeleton-based Human Action Recognition (HAR) is a vital technology in robotics and human-robot interaction. However, most existing methods concentrate primarily on full-body movements and often overlook subtle hand motions that are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Seungyeon Cho , Tae-Kyun Kim

The prompt and accurate recognition of Continuous Human Activity (CHAR) is critical in identifying and responding to health events, particularly fall risk assessment. In this paper, we examine a multi-antenna radar system that can process…

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