Continuous human location and posture tracking by multiple depth sensors

Jun Wei Qiu, Ting Hui Chiang, Chi Chung Lo, Li Min Lin, Lan-Da Van, Yu-Chee Tseng, Yu-Tai Ching

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Abstract

This paper proposes a continuous location and skeletal tracking system using multiple RGB-Depth sensors (such as Kinects) deployed along a corridor with overlapping coverages. First, we transform the coordinates of all sensor into a unified coordinate. Second, the system recognizes users (such as patients under rehabilitation) from different views of these sensors and classifies them by their patient IDs. Third, the patient information can be continuously handed over among sensors when they move around the area. Experiment results show that the skeletal association during handover achieves approximately 90.61% in accuracy and 96.89% in precision in 44,817 experiment trials. By our observation, injured people possess asymmetric gait parameters especially on the ratio of the duration of the swing/stance phase. For example, the injured foot generally has a longer swinging duration than the healthy side. The proposed system has potential in patient rehabilitation monitoring applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, iThings 2014, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2014 and 2014 IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical-Social Computing, CPS 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages155-160
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479959679
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Mar 2014
Event2014 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, iThings 2014, Collocated with 2014 IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2014 and 2014 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2014 - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 1 Sep 20143 Sep 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, iThings 2014, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2014 and 2014 IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical-Social Computing, CPS 2014

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, iThings 2014, Collocated with 2014 IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2014 and 2014 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2014
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period1/09/143/09/14

Keywords

  • Depth sensor
  • Gait analysis
  • Rehabilitation
  • Sensor network
  • Skeleton tracking

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