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A human probe for measuring walkability

Published: 04 November 2009 Publication History

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Recent mobile devices are integrated with various kinds of sensors, thereby allowing people to capture what stationary sensing devices cannot easily acquire. We term the systems that exploit the ubiquity of the users of such devices Human Probes. To realize a Human-Probe environment, our research group has examined the usefulness of pressure sensors embedded in shoes [2]. In this demonstration, we present our recent work that extends our previous research on embedded pressure sensors by considering complimentary uses of accelerometers so as to measure walkability in our everyday spaces. Pressure sensors and accelerometers are similarly useful for capturing the motion of pedestrians; however, the close examination of the signals from both sensors reveals the strengths and the weaknesses of each, and suggests the possibility of their complimentary use to support Human Probes.

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[1]
Sun SPOT World. http://www.sunspotworld.com.
[2]
Y. Uehara, T. Uchiyama, M. Mori, H. Saito, and Y. Tobe. Always-on karte: A system for elderly people's healthcare using wireless sensors. INSS 2006, pages 45--48, May 2006.

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SenSys '09: Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
November 2009
438 pages
ISBN:9781605585192
DOI:10.1145/1644038

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Published: 04 November 2009

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  1. accelerometers
  2. human probes
  3. participatory sensing
  4. pressure sensors
  5. sensor-enabled shoes

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