Can magnetic field sensors replace gyroscopes in wearable sensing applications?

Kai Kunze; Gernot Bahle; Paul Lukowicz; Kurt Partridge

doi:10.1109/ISWC.2010.5665859

Can magnetic field sensors replace gyroscopes in wearable sensing applications?

Kai Kunze, Gernot Bahle, Paul Lukowicz, Kurt Partridge

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Abstract

We investigate if and how magnetic sensors can be used to replace gyroscopes in wearable activity recognition. The work is motivated by (1) sensor configurations typically found in smart phones where magnetic sensors are used to complement GPS position with orientation and (2) the fact that gyroscopes are an important source of information for activity recognition. We propose a method to compute angular velocity from 3D magnetic sensor data and discuss its fundamental limitations. We present an elaborate evaluation of the accuracy on 5 previously published data set with a total of nearly 20 hours of data from 15 users with activities ranging from bicycle repair, through homemaking to gym exercise.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Symposium on Wearable Computers 2010, ISWC 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.2010.5665859
Publication status	Published - 2010 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	14th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2010 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2010 Oct 10 → 2010 Oct 13

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC
ISSN (Print)	1550-4816

Other

Other	14th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2010
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	10/10/10 → 10/10/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications

Access to Document

10.1109/ISWC.2010.5665859

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Kunze, K, Bahle, G, Lukowicz, P & Partridge, K 2010, Can magnetic field sensors replace gyroscopes in wearable sensing applications? in International Symposium on Wearable Computers 2010, ISWC 2010., 5665859, Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC, 14th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2010, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 10/10/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.2010.5665859

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