Enhanced Sensing and Activity Recognition System Using IoT for Healthcare

Enhanced Sensing and Activity Recognition System Using IoT for Healthcare

Yamini G., Gopinath Ganapathy
DOI: 10.4018/IJICTHD.2021040103
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Abstract

Through the integration of advanced algorithms and smart sensing technology in healthcare services, huge medical benefits could be gained by the aged and sick people in determining their activity recognition. Human activity recognition (HAR) is still in the research for the past decades that promotes recognition of physical activities automatically. The main aim of HAR is to obtain and analyze the physical activities of a person, which could be promoted through several in-built sensors examined in the form of video data. Through this technique, necessary information could be obtained that also helps in preventing significant risks and also averts or alerts unfortunate events from happening. However, there is no particular categorization for human activity, and there is no description of the particular events to occur. The objective of this paper is to propose a healthcare information system based on IoT where enhancing activity recognition is the primary focus. Human activities are supposed to be diverse; it is necessary to choose appropriate sensors and the effective placement of those sensors in recognizing specific activities. One of the major challenges here is choosing the appropriate sensor for that particular instance and gathering data under particular circumstances. Due to the large coupling of sensors and their activity monitoring functionality, the solution to promote feasibility for the HAR predicament cannot be determined. A distinguishing feature of this paper is that it includes future users' perspectives.
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Several research states the principle behind HAR context is the activity recognition chain (ARC) possibly interpreted from the sensor data based on human activity recognition (K. Schwab, 2018). An ARC is known to be a machine learning technique, which basically depends on the pattern recognition and a sequence of signal processing techniques that are equipped in identifying specific activities.

Basically, accelerometer and gyroscopes are certain wearable sensors that are implemented in determining human activities. Since accelerometers promote linear acceleration measurement, it cannot promote actions, which involve joint rotations. Gyroscope sensors help in measuring rotational motion. Therefore, both the accelerometer and gyroscopes together serve the best results. Both sensors are integrated with the single wearable inertial mobile unit (IMU). Surface electromyography (sEMG) is another wearable sensor, which provides myoelectric signals based on muscular activities. Due to this purpose, sEMG plays an important part in activity recognition.

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