ZigBee-based wireless multi-sensor system for physical activity assessment

Author

Mo, Lingfei ; Liu, Shaopeng ; Gao, Robert X. ; John, Dinesh ; Staudenmayer, John ; Freedson, Patty

Author_Institution

Electromechanical Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

846

Lastpage

849

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) is important for assessing human exposure to the environment. This paper presents a ZigBee-based Wireless wearable multi-sensor Integrated Measurement System (WIMS) for in-situ PA measurement. Two accelerometers, a piezoelectric displacement sensor, and an ultraviolet (UV) sensor have been used for the physical activity assessment. Detailed analysis was performed for the hardware design and embedded program control, enabling efficient data sampling and transmission, compact design, and extended battery life to meet requirements for PA assessment under free-living conditions. Preliminary testing of the WIMS has demonstrated the functionality of the design, while performance comparison of the WIMS with a wired version on an electromagnetic shaker has demonstrated the signal validity.

Keywords

Accelerometers; Hip; Pollution measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Wrist; Zigbee; Actigraphy; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Motor Activity; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Systems Integration; Telemetry; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090193

Filename

6090193