DocumentCode :
1557447
Title :
Multimedia-Assisted Breathwalk-Aware System
Author :
Meng-Chieh Yu ; Huan Wu ; Ming-Sui Lee ; Yi-Ping Hung
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Network & Multimedia, Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Volume :
59
Issue :
12
fYear :
2012
Firstpage :
3276
Lastpage :
3282
Abstract :
Breathwalk is a science of combining specific patterns of footsteps synchronized with the breathing. In this study, we developed a multimedia-assisted Breathwalk-aware system which detects user´s walking and breathing conditions and provides appropriate multimedia guidance on the smartphone. Through the mobile device, the system enhances user´s awareness of walking and breathing behaviors. As an example application in slow technology, the system could help meditator beginners learn “walking meditation,” a type of meditation which aims to be as slow as possible in taking pace, to synchronize footstep with breathing, and to land every footstep with toes first. In the pilot study, we developed a walking-aware system and evaluated whether multimedia-assisted mechanism is capable of enhancing beginner´s walking awareness while walking meditation. Experimental results show that it could effectively assist beginners in slowing down the walking speed and decreasing incorrect footsteps. In the second experiment, we evaluated the Breathwalk-aware system to find a better feedback mechanism for learning the techniques of Breathwalk while walking meditation. The experimental results show that the visual-auditory mechanism is a better multimedia-assisted mechanism while walking meditation than visual mechanism and auditory mechanism.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; force measurement; force sensors; gait analysis; hearing; medical signal processing; mobile computing; multimedia computing; pneumodynamics; smart phones; telemedicine; vision; wearable computers; feedback mechanism; force-sensitive resistor sensors; mobile device; multimedia guidance; multimedia-assisted breathwalk-aware system; smartphone; synchronize footstep patterns; users awareness; visual-auditory mechanism; walking meditation; walking speed; Footwear; Legged locomotion; Multimedia communication; Sensors; Visualization; Breathwalk; multimedia-assisted system; smart shoes; walking meditation; wearable computing; Adult; Awareness; Equipment Design; Feedback; Humans; Meditation; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Pilot Projects; Respiration; Shoes; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Walking;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9294
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.2012.2208747
Filename :
6239578
Link To Document :
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