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Recognizing Upper Body Postures using Textile Strain Sensors

Corinne Mattmann, Oliver Amft, Holger Harms, Gerhard Tröster, and Frank Clemens. Recognizing Upper Body Postures using Textile Strain Sensors. In ISWC 2007: Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 29–36, IEEE Press, October 2007. Recipient of the IEEE ISWC 2007 Best Paper Award.

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Abstract

In this paper we present a garment prototype using strain sensors to recognize upper body postures. A novel thermoplastic elastomer strain sensor was used for measuring strain in the clothing. This sensor has a linear resistance response to strain, a small hysteresis and can be fully integrated into textile. A study was conducted with eight participants wearing the garment and performing a total of 27 upper body postures. A Naive Bayes classification was applied to identify the different postures. Nearly a complete recognition rate of 97% was achieved when the classification was adapted to the individual participant. A classification rate of 84% was achieved for an all-user classification and 65% for an independent user. These results show the feasibility to recognize postures with our setup, even in an unseen user setting. Furthermore, we used the garment prototype in a gym experiment to explore its potential for rehabilitation and fitness training. Intensity, speed and number of repetitions could be obtained from the garment sensor data.

BibTeX

@INPROCEEDINGS{Mattmann2007-P_ISWC,
  author = {Corinne Mattmann and Oliver Amft and Holger Harms and Gerhard Tr\"{o}ster
	and Frank Clemens},
  title = {Recognizing Upper Body Postures using Textile Strain Sensors},
  booktitle = {ISWC 2007: Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on
	Wearable Computers},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {29--36},
  month = {October},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  note = {Recipient of the IEEE ISWC 2007 Best Paper Award.},
  abstract = {In this paper we present a garment prototype using strain sensors
	to recognize upper body postures. A novel thermoplastic elastomer
	strain sensor was used for measuring strain in the clothing. This
	sensor has a linear resistance response to strain, a small hysteresis
	and can be fully integrated into textile. A study was conducted with
	eight participants wearing the garment and performing a total of
	27 upper body postures. A Naive Bayes classification was applied
	to identify the different postures. Nearly a complete recognition
	rate of 97\% was achieved when the classification was adapted to
	the individual participant. A classification rate of 84\% was achieved
	for an all-user classification and 65\% for an independent user.
	These results show the feasibility to recognize postures with our
	setup, even in an unseen user setting. Furthermore, we used the garment
	prototype in a gym experiment to explore its potential for rehabilitation
	and fitness training. Intensity, speed and number of repetitions
	could be obtained from the garment sensor data.},
  doi = {10.1109/ISWC.2007.4373773},
  file = {Mattmann2007-P_ISWC.pdf:Mattmann2007-P_ISWC.pdf:PDF},
  owner = {oam},
  timestamp = {2007/10/09}
}

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