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- research-articleOctober 2024
A Method for Detecting Football Player Actions Using IMUs attached on Shin Guards
UbiComp '24: Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous ComputingPages 454–457https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3678501In football matches, players perform various actions such as running, walking, passing, trapping, and shooting. Analyzing these actions is crucial for players to assess their performance and strategize effectively. Currently, the standard method for ...
- research-articleOctober 2024
GCCRR: A Short Sequence Gait Cycle Segmentation Method Based on Ear-Worn IMU
UbiComp '24: Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous ComputingPages 650–654https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3680520This paper addresses the critical task of gait cycle segmentation using short sequences from ear-worn IMUs, a practical and non-invasive approach for home-based monitoring and rehabilitation of patients with impaired motor function. While previous ...
- research-articleOctober 2024
The Wand Chooses the IMU - Open Source Hardware for Synchronising Wearables using Magnetometers
UbiComp '24: Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous ComputingPages 939–943https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3678485This paper presents the Synchronisation Wand, an open-source hardware solution which can be used to synchronise multiple inertial measurement unit sensors (IMU) using their onboard magnetometers. The wand is based on commercial off-the-shelf components ...
- research-articleSeptember 2024
Exploring User-Defined Gestures as Input for Hearables and Recognizing Ear-Level Gestures with IMUs
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI), Volume 8, Issue MHCIArticle No.: 258, Pages 1–23https://doi.org/10.1145/3676503Hearables are highly functional earphone-type wearables; however, existing input methods using stand-alone hearables are limited in the number of commands, and there is a need to extend device operation through hand gestures. In previous research on ...
- research-articleOctober 2023
A Classical Machine Learning Method for Locomotion and Transportation Recognition using both Motion and Location Data
UbiComp/ISWC '23 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable ComputingPages 511–516https://doi.org/10.1145/3594739.3610747The fifth edition of Sussex-Huawei Locomotion-Transportation (SHL) recognition challenge aims at determining the mode of locomotion and transportation of users using sensor-equipped devices. This recognition task relies on measurements captured from ...
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- research-articleJune 2023
SparseIMU: Computational Design of Sparse IMU Layouts for Sensing Fine-grained Finger Microgestures
- Adwait Sharma,
- Christina Salchow-Hömmen,
- Vimal Suresh Mollyn,
- Aditya Shekhar Nittala,
- Michael A. Hedderich,
- Marion Koelle,
- Thomas Seel,
- Jürgen Steimle
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Volume 30, Issue 3Article No.: 39, Pages 1–40https://doi.org/10.1145/3569894Gestural interaction with freehands and while grasping an everyday object enables always-available input. To sense such gestures, minimal instrumentation of the user’s hand is desirable. However, the choice of an effective but minimal IMU layout remains ...
- posterDecember 2022
A Simple Method for Synchronising Multiple IMUs using the Magnetometer
ISWC '22: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Symposium on Wearable ComputersPages 100–102https://doi.org/10.1145/3544794.3558466This paper presents a novel method to synchronise multiple IMU (inertial measurement units) devices using their onboard magnetometers. The method described uses an external electromagnetic pulse to create a known event measured by the magnetometer of ...
- research-articleMarch 2020
Plug-and-Play Gesture Control Using Muscle and Motion Sensors
HRI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionPages 439–448https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374823As the capacity for machines to extend human capabilities continues to grow, the communication channels used must also expand. Allowing machines to interpret nonverbal commands such as gestures can help make interactions more similar to interactions ...
- research-articleJune 2019
WhereWear: Calibration-free Wearable Device Identification through Ambient Sensing
WearSys '19: The 5th ACM Workshop on Wearable Systems and ApplicationsPages 29–34https://doi.org/10.1145/3325424.3329667With the growth of wearable devices, numerous health and smart building applications are enabled. As a result, many people wear multiple devices for different applications, such as fitness tracking. Being able to match devices' physical identity (e.g., ...
- research-articleJune 2019
Towards Machine Learning with Zero Real-World Data
WearSys '19: The 5th ACM Workshop on Wearable Systems and ApplicationsPages 41–46https://doi.org/10.1145/3325424.3329662Machine Learning (ML) models are widely used to infer human activities. However, collecting data to train ML models in realworld often requires significant time and effort. In this paper, we suggest a novel data collection framework to leverage pre-...
- research-articleOctober 2018
ORSNet: A Hybrid Neural Network for Official Sports Referee Signal Recognition
MMSports'18: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Multimedia Content Analysis in SportsPages 51–58https://doi.org/10.1145/3265845.3265849In this work, we propose a novel sports referee training system based on wearable sensors and a real-time Official Referee Signal (ORS) segmentation/recognition method which can recognize 65 kinds basketball ORSs with the accuracy of 95.3%. A hybrid ...
- research-articleOctober 2018
Closing the Gaps in Inertial Motion Tracking
MobiCom '18: Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and NetworkingPages 429–444https://doi.org/10.1145/3241539.3241582A rich body of work has focused on motion tracking techniques using inertial sensors, namely accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers. Applications of these techniques are in indoor localization, gesture recognition, inventory tracking, vehicular ...
- Work in ProgressMarch 2018
Mobile, Exercise-agnostic, Sensor-based Serious Games for Physical Rehabilitation at Home
TEI '18: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied InteractionPages 271–278https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173280Serious games can improve the physical rehabilitation of patients with different conditions. By monitoring exercises and offering feedback, serious games promote the correct execution of exercises outside the clinic. Nevertheless, existing serious games ...
- posterJune 2017
MyoLearn: Using a multimodal armband sensor for vocational safety problem identification
PETRA '17: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive EnvironmentsPages 248–249https://doi.org/10.1145/3056540.3076212This project looks at using the Myo armband and machine learning techniques to detect irregularities when performing a vocational assembly task. A Lego car assembly task is performed while Myo data are collected, which include accelerometer, gyroscope, ...
- posterJune 2016
Exploiting IMU Sensors for IOT Enabled Health Monitoring
IoT of Health '16: Proceedings of the First Workshop on IoT-enabled Healthcare and Wellness Technologies and SystemsPages 21–22https://doi.org/10.1145/2933566.2933569Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) embedded in commercial mobile devices are a good choice for continuous monitoring in healthcare domain due to their attractive form factor and low power consumption. We present improved and accurate sensing algorithms ...
- demonstrationJune 2016
Demo: Exploiting IMU Sensors for IoT Enabled Health Monitoring
MobiSys '16 Companion: Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services CompanionPage 97https://doi.org/10.1145/2938559.2948648Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) embedded in commercial mobile devices are a good choice for continuous monitoring in healthcare domain due to their attractive form factor and low power consumption. We present improved and accurate sensing algorithms ...
- short-paperApril 2016
Proposition and Validation of a New Index to Determine the Measurement Change Resolution of Inertial Motion Tracking Systems
DH '16: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Health ConferencePages 43–46https://doi.org/10.1145/2896338.2896361Orientation data for biomechanical assessment of motion may be obtained from inertial measurement units (IMUs) through the use of a fusion algorithm estimating the orientation of the platform in a fixed and global reference frame from 3D inertial ...
- abstractMarch 2016
Augmented Reality Eyeglasses for Promoting Home-Based Rehabilitation for Children with Cerebral Palsy
We have designed an augmented reality (AR) game for children with cerebral palsy (CP) to perform home-based neurorehabilitation. A Myo armband detects electromyographic (EMG) signals and accelerometer data from the arm, and a trained classifier ...
- research-articleAugust 2015Best Paper
GyroWand: IMU-based Raycasting for Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays
SUI '15: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Spatial User InteractionPages 89–98https://doi.org/10.1145/2788940.2788947We present GyroWand, a raycasting technique for 3D interactions in self-contained augmented reality (AR) head-mounted displays. Unlike traditional raycasting which requires absolute spatial and rotational tracking of a user's hand or controller to ...
- short-paperJune 2014
Design and evaluation of interactive musical fruit
- Cumhur Erkut,
- Stefania Serafin,
- Jonas Fehr,
- Henrique M.R. Fernandes Figueira,
- Theis B. Hansen,
- Nicholas J. Kirwan,
- Mariam R. Zakarian
IDC '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Interaction design and childrenPages 197–200https://doi.org/10.1145/2593968.2610451In this paper we describe the design and evaluation of a novel, tangible user interface for interaction with sound, to be implemented in a museum setting. Our workinprogress is part of a larger concept for an installation prioritizing a collaborative, ...