An Infrared Array Sensor-Based Approach for Activity Detection, Combining Low-Cost Technology with Advanced Deep Learning Techniques

Muthukumar Krishnan Arumugasamy, Mondher Bouazizi, Tomoaki Ohtsuki

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose an activity detection system using a 24 × 32 resolution infrared array sensor placed on the ceiling. We first collect the data at different resolutions (i.e., 24 × 32, 12 × 16, and 6 × 8) and apply the advanced deep learning (DL) techniques of Super-Resolution (SR) and denoising to enhance the quality of the images. We then classify the images/sequences of images depending on the activities the subject is performing using a hybrid deep learning model combining a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). We use data augmentation to improve the training of the neural networks by incorporating a wider variety of samples. The process of data augmentation is performed by a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (CGAN). By enhancing the images using SR, removing the noise, and adding more training samples via data augmentation, our target is to improve the classification accuracy of the neural network. Through experiments, we show that employing these deep learning techniques to low-resolution noisy infrared images leads to a noticeable improvement in performance. The classification accuracy improved from 78.32% to 84.43% (for images with 6 × 8 resolution), and from 90.11% to 94.54% (for images with 12 × 16 resolution) when we used the CNN and CNN + LSTM networks, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3898
JournalSensors
Volume22
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 May 1

Keywords

  • CGAN
  • activity detection
  • computer vision
  • deep learning
  • denoising
  • healthcare
  • infrared array sensor
  • low-resolution
  • super-resolution

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Information Systems
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biochemistry

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