2021

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  Optimal Sensor Placement for Human Activity Recognition with a Minimal Smartphone–IMU Setup.Rahn, Vincent Xeno; Zhou, Lin; Klieme, Eric; Arnrich, Bert (2021). (Vol. 10)
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  Human Activity Recognition (HAR) of everyday activities using smartphones has been intensively researched over the past years. Despite the high detection performance, smartphones can not continuously provide reli- able information about the currently conducted activity as their placement at the subject’s body is uncertain. In this study, a system is developed that enables real-time collection of data from various Bluetooth inertial mea- surement units (IMUs) in addition to the smartphone. The contribution of this work is an extensive overview of related work in this field and the identification of unobtrusive, minimal combinations of IMUs with the smartphone that achieve high recognition performance. Eighteen young subjects with unrestricted mobility were recorded conducting seven daily-life activities with a smartphone in the pocket and five IMUs at different body positions. With a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for activity recognition, activity classification accuracy increased by up to 23% with one IMU additional to the smartphone. An overall prediction rate of 97% was reached with a smartphone in the pocket and an IMU at the ankle. This study demonstrated the potential that an additional IMU can improve the accuracy of smartphone-based HAR on daily-life activities.
  @inproceedings{rahn2021optimal, abstract = {Human Activity Recognition (HAR) of everyday activities using smartphones has been intensively researched over the past years. Despite the high detection performance, smartphones can not continuously provide reli- able information about the currently conducted activity as their placement at the subject’s body is uncertain. In this study, a system is developed that enables real-time collection of data from various Bluetooth inertial mea- surement units (IMUs) in addition to the smartphone. The contribution of this work is an extensive overview of related work in this field and the identification of unobtrusive, minimal combinations of IMUs with the smartphone that achieve high recognition performance. Eighteen young subjects with unrestricted mobility were recorded conducting seven daily-life activities with a smartphone in the pocket and five IMUs at different body positions. With a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for activity recognition, activity classification accuracy increased by up to 23% with one IMU additional to the smartphone. An overall prediction rate of 97% was reached with a smartphone in the pocket and an IMU at the ankle. This study demonstrated the potential that an additional IMU can improve the accuracy of smartphone-based HAR on daily-life activities.}, author = {Rahn, Vincent Xeno and Zhou, Lin and Klieme, Eric and Arnrich, Bert}, booktitle = {10th International Conference on Sensor Networks - SENSORNETS 2021}, keywords = {sys:relevantfor:dhc bertarnrich linzhou}, month = {February}, title = {Optimal Sensor Placement for Human Activity Recognition with a Minimal Smartphone–IMU Setup}, volume = 10, year = 2021 }
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  AbstractHuman Activity Recognition (HAR) of everyday activities using smartphones has been intensively researched over the past years. Despite the high detection performance, smartphones can not continuously provide reli- able information about the currently conducted activity as their placement at the subject’s body is uncertain. In this study, a system is developed that enables real-time collection of data from various Bluetooth inertial mea- surement units (IMUs) in addition to the smartphone. The contribution of this work is an extensive overview of related work in this field and the identification of unobtrusive, minimal combinations of IMUs with the smartphone that achieve high recognition performance. Eighteen young subjects with unrestricted mobility were recorded conducting seven daily-life activities with a smartphone in the pocket and five IMUs at different body positions. With a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for activity recognition, activity classification accuracy increased by up to 23% with one IMU additional to the smartphone. An overall prediction rate of 97% was reached with a smartphone in the pocket and an IMU at the ankle. This study demonstrated the potential that an additional IMU can improve the accuracy of smartphone-based HAR on daily-life activities.

2020

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  Will You Be My Quarantine: A Computer Vision and Inertial Sensor Based Home Exercise System.Albert, Justin; Zhou, Lin; Gloeckner, Pawel; Trautmann, Justin; Ihde, Lisa; Eilers, Justus; Kamal, Mohammed; Arnrich, Bert (2020). (Vol. 14)
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  The quarantine situation inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic has left many people around the world isolated at home. Despite the large variety of mobile device-based self exercise tools for training plans, activity recognition or repetition counts, it remains challenging for an inexperienced person to perform fitness workouts or learn a new sport with the correct movements at home. As a proof of concept, a home exercise system has been developed in this contribution. The system takes computer vision and inertial sensor data recorded for the same type of exercise as two independent inputs, and processes the data from both sources into the same representations on the levels of raw inertial measurement unit (IMU) data and 3D movement trajectories. Moreover, a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboard was developed for data import and visualization. The usability of the system was investigated with an example use case where the learner equipped with IMUs performed a kick movement and was able to compare it to that from a coach in the video.
  @inproceedings{albert2020quarantine, abstract = {The quarantine situation inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic has left many people around the world isolated at home. Despite the large variety of mobile device-based self exercise tools for training plans, activity recognition or repetition counts, it remains challenging for an inexperienced person to perform fitness workouts or learn a new sport with the correct movements at home. As a proof of concept, a home exercise system has been developed in this contribution. The system takes computer vision and inertial sensor data recorded for the same type of exercise as two independent inputs, and processes the data from both sources into the same representations on the levels of raw inertial measurement unit (IMU) data and 3D movement trajectories. Moreover, a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboard was developed for data import and visualization. The usability of the system was investigated with an example use case where the learner equipped with IMUs performed a kick movement and was able to compare it to that from a coach in the video.}, author = {Albert, Justin and Zhou, Lin and Gloeckner, Pawel and Trautmann, Justin and Ihde, Lisa and Eilers, Justus and Kamal, Mohammed and Arnrich, Bert}, booktitle = {14th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Demos and Posters}, journal = {Pervasive Health}, keywords = {bertarnrich justinalbert linzhou}, month = 8, publisher = {EAI}, title = {Will You Be My Quarantine: A Computer Vision and Inertial Sensor Based Home Exercise System}, volume = 14, year = 2020 }
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  URNhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3421937.3421946

  AbstractThe quarantine situation inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic has left many people around the world isolated at home. Despite the large variety of mobile device-based self exercise tools for training plans, activity recognition or repetition counts, it remains challenging for an inexperienced person to perform fitness workouts or learn a new sport with the correct movements at home. As a proof of concept, a home exercise system has been developed in this contribution. The system takes computer vision and inertial sensor data recorded for the same type of exercise as two independent inputs, and processes the data from both sources into the same representations on the levels of raw inertial measurement unit (IMU) data and 3D movement trajectories. Moreover, a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboard was developed for data import and visualization. The usability of the system was investigated with an example use case where the learner equipped with IMUs performed a kick movement and was able to compare it to that from a coach in the video.
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  How We Found Our IMU: Guidelines to IMU Selection and a Comparison of Seven IMUs for Pervasive Healthcare Applications.Zhou, Lin; Fischer, Eric; Tunca, Can; Brahms, Clemens Markus; Ersoy, Cem; Granacher, Urs; Arnrich, Bert in Sensors (2020).
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  @article{zhou2020found, author = {Zhou, Lin and Fischer, Eric and Tunca, Can and Brahms, Clemens Markus and Ersoy, Cem and Granacher, Urs and Arnrich, Bert}, journal = {Sensors}, keywords = {bertarnrich linzhou}, title = {How We Found Our IMU: Guidelines to IMU Selection and a Comparison of Seven IMUs for Pervasive Healthcare Applications}, year = 2020 }
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  URNhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20154090
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  Validation of an IMU Gait Analysis Algorithm for Gait Monitoring in Daily Life Situations.Zhou, Lin; Tunca, Can; Fischer, Eric; Brahms, Clemens Markus; Ersoy, Cem; Granacher, Urs; Arnrich, Bert (2020).
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  Gait is an essential function for humans, and gait patterns in daily life provide meaningful information about a person’s cognitive and physical health conditions. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) have emerged as a promising tool for low-cost, unobtrusive gait analysis. However, large varieties of IMU gait analysis algorithms and the lack of consensus for their validation make it difficult for researchers to assess the reliability of the algorithms for specific use cases. In daily life,individuals adapt their gait patterns in response to changes in the environment, making it necessary for IMU gait analysis algorithms to provide accurate measurements despite these gait variations. In this paper, we reviewed common types of IMU gait analysis algorithms and appropriate analysis methods to evaluate the accuracy of gait parameters extracted from IMU measurements. We then evaluated stride lengths and stride times calculated from a comprehensive double integration based IMU gait analysis algorithm using an optoelectric walkway as gold standard. In total, 729 strides from five healthy subjects and three different walking patterns were analyzed. Correlation analyses and Bland-Altman plots showed that this method is accurate and robust against large variations in walking patterns (stride length: correlation coefficient (r) was 0.99, root mean square error (RMSE) was 3% and average limits of agreement (LoA) was 6%; stride time: r was 0.95, RMSE was 4% and average LoA was 7%), making it suitable for gait evaluation in daily life situations. Due to the small sample size, our preliminary findings should be verified in future studies.
  @inproceedings{zhou2020validation, abstract = {Gait is an essential function for humans, and gait patterns in daily life provide meaningful information about a person’s cognitive and physical health conditions. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) have emerged as a promising tool for low-cost, unobtrusive gait analysis. However, large varieties of IMU gait analysis algorithms and the lack of consensus for their validation make it difficult for researchers to assess the reliability of the algorithms for specific use cases. In daily life,individuals adapt their gait patterns in response to changes in the environment, making it necessary for IMU gait analysis algorithms to provide accurate measurements despite these gait variations. In this paper, we reviewed common types of IMU gait analysis algorithms and appropriate analysis methods to evaluate the accuracy of gait parameters extracted from IMU measurements. We then evaluated stride lengths and stride times calculated from a comprehensive double integration based IMU gait analysis algorithm using an optoelectric walkway as gold standard. In total, 729 strides from five healthy subjects and three different walking patterns were analyzed. Correlation analyses and Bland-Altman plots showed that this method is accurate and robust against large variations in walking patterns (stride length: correlation coefficient (r) was 0.99, root mean square error (RMSE) was 3% and average limits of agreement (LoA) was 6%; stride time: r was 0.95, RMSE was 4% and average LoA was 7%), making it suitable for gait evaluation in daily life situations. Due to the small sample size, our preliminary findings should be verified in future studies.}, author = {Zhou, Lin and Tunca, Can and Fischer, Eric and Brahms, Clemens Markus and Ersoy, Cem and Granacher, Urs and Arnrich, Bert}, booktitle = {2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine Biology Society (EMBC)}, keywords = {bertarnrich linzhou}, month = {july}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Validation of an IMU Gait Analysis Algorithm for Gait Monitoring in Daily Life Situations}, year = 2020 }
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  URNhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176827

  AbstractGait is an essential function for humans, and gait patterns in daily life provide meaningful information about a person’s cognitive and physical health conditions. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) have emerged as a promising tool for low-cost, unobtrusive gait analysis. However, large varieties of IMU gait analysis algorithms and the lack of consensus for their validation make it difficult for researchers to assess the reliability of the algorithms for specific use cases. In daily life,individuals adapt their gait patterns in response to changes in the environment, making it necessary for IMU gait analysis algorithms to provide accurate measurements despite these gait variations. In this paper, we reviewed common types of IMU gait analysis algorithms and appropriate analysis methods to evaluate the accuracy of gait parameters extracted from IMU measurements. We then evaluated stride lengths and stride times calculated from a comprehensive double integration based IMU gait analysis algorithm using an optoelectric walkway as gold standard. In total, 729 strides from five healthy subjects and three different walking patterns were analyzed. Correlation analyses and Bland-Altman plots showed that this method is accurate and robust against large variations in walking patterns (stride length: correlation coefficient (r) was 0.99, root mean square error (RMSE) was 3% and average limits of agreement (LoA) was 6%; stride time: r was 0.95, RMSE was 4% and average LoA was 7%), making it suitable for gait evaluation in daily life situations. Due to the small sample size, our preliminary findings should be verified in future studies.

2019

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  Unobtrusive Measurement of Blood Pressure During Lifestyle Interventions.Morassi Sasso, Ariane; Datta, Suparno; Pfitzner, Bjarne; Zhou, Lin; Steckhan, Nico; Boettinger, Erwin; Arnrich, Bert (2019).
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  @inproceedings{MorassiSasso2019, address = {Trento}, author = {Morassi Sasso, Ariane and Datta, Suparno and Pfitzner, Bjarne and Zhou, Lin and Steckhan, Nico and Boettinger, Erwin and Arnrich, Bert}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Demos and Posters}, keywords = {bertarnrich bjarnepfitzner linzhou nicosteckhan}, publisher = {EAI}, title = {Unobtrusive Measurement of Blood Pressure During Lifestyle Interventions}, year = 2019 }
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  URNhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.20-5-2019.2283509