Which way am I facing: Inferring horizontal device orientation from an accelerometer signal

Kai Kunze, Paul Lukowicz, Kurt Partridge, Bo Begole

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Abstract

We present a method to infer the orientation of mobile device carried in a pocket from the acceleration signal acquired when the user is walking. Whereas previous work has shown how to determine the the orientation in the vertical plane (angle towards earth gravity), we demonstrate how to compute the orientation within the horizontal plane. To validate our method we compare the output of our method with GPS heading information when walking in a straight line. On a total of 16 different orientations and traces we have a mean difference of 5 degrees with 2.5 degrees standard deviation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2009
Pages149-150
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Nov 27
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2009 - Linz, Austria
Duration: 2009 Sept 42009 Sept 7

Publication series

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

Other

Other2009 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2009
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityLinz
Period09/9/409/9/7

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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