Study of Motion Monitoring Using an Accelerometer – Unrestrained Measurement –

Hisaya Tanaka; Akihiro Nakata; Hideto Ide

doi:10.20965/jrm.1999.p0148

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JRM Vol.11 No.2 pp. 148-152

doi: 10.20965/jrm.1999.p0148

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Study of Motion Monitoring Using an Accelerometer – Unrestrained Measurement –

Hisaya Tanaka, Akihiro Nakata and Hideto Ide

College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 6-16-1 Chitosedai, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8572, Japan

Received:

December 22, 1998

Accepted:

February 2, 1999

Published:

April 20, 1999

Keywords:

monitoring, accelerometer, walking recognition, elderly protection

Abstract

Recent news reports that elderly households will increase to 35%, so it is important to measure physical activity in such households to ensure their health and security. This is difficult to do while protecting privacy, however. We measured human activity using an accelerometer placed at the waist to distinguish walking, running, stair climbing, and elevator use, comparing movement between young and old.

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H. Tanaka, A. Nakata, and H. Ide, “Study of Motion Monitoring Using an Accelerometer – Unrestrained Measurement –,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.11 No.2, pp. 148-152, 1999.

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