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FinDroidHR: Smartwatch Gesture Input with Optical Heartrate Monitor

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Vassilis Kostakos,

Aruna SeneviratneAuthors Info & Claims

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Volume 2, Issue 1

Article No.: 56, Pages 1 - 42

https://doi.org/10.1145/3191788

Published: 26 March 2018 Publication History

Abstract

We present FinDroidHR, a novel gesture input technique for off-the-shelf smartwatches. Our technique is designed to detect 10 hand gestures on the hand wearing a smartwatch. The technique is enabled by analysing features of the Photoplethysmography (PPG) signal that optical heart-rate sensors capture. In a study with 20 participants, we show that FinDroidHR achieves 90.55% accuracy and 90.73% recall. Our work is the first study to explore the feasibility of using optical sensors on the off-the-shelf wearable devices to recognise gestures. Without requiring bespoke hardware, FinDroidHR can be readily used on existing smartwatches.

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Published: 26 March 2018

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Revised: 01 November 2017

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