TY - GEN
T1 - Proof of the accuracy of measuring pants to evaluate the activity of the hip and legs in everyday life
AU - Niazmand, Khalil
AU - Somlai, Ian
AU - Louizi, Slim
AU - Lueth, Tim C.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper, an innovative measuring platform for the detection of movements of legs and hips is presented and tested. The system consists of washable pants with built-in acceleration sensors and control and evaluation electronics and is powered by detachable, rechargeable batteries. It measures acceleration at the hip and legs in three directions in space. The movement detection is based on recognizing, by means of the sensors, the posture and acceleration magnitudes usually associated to a specific movement. The raw sensor data are saved on the integrated MicroSD card for posterior analyze in a computer. With the help of mathematical functions presented in this paper, the timely occurrence of a specific movement can finally be detected. The whole system (pants, sensors and electronics) is washable due to component's encapsulation. Thanks to an optimized production process, the system can be affordably reproduced in low volume productions and can be adjusted for multiple purposes.
AB - In this paper, an innovative measuring platform for the detection of movements of legs and hips is presented and tested. The system consists of washable pants with built-in acceleration sensors and control and evaluation electronics and is powered by detachable, rechargeable batteries. It measures acceleration at the hip and legs in three directions in space. The movement detection is based on recognizing, by means of the sensors, the posture and acceleration magnitudes usually associated to a specific movement. The raw sensor data are saved on the integrated MicroSD card for posterior analyze in a computer. With the help of mathematical functions presented in this paper, the timely occurrence of a specific movement can finally be detected. The whole system (pants, sensors and electronics) is washable due to component's encapsulation. Thanks to an optimized production process, the system can be affordably reproduced in low volume productions and can be adjusted for multiple purposes.
KW - accelerometer
KW - movement
KW - pants
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84885888112
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_30
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_30
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84885888112
SN - 9783642208669
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
SP - 235
EP - 244
BT - Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2010, Revised Selected Papers
T2 - 2nd International ICST Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, MobiHealth 2010
Y2 - 18 October 2010 through 20 October 2010
ER -