Title : 
Workers´ Routine Activity Recognition using Body Movements and Location Information
         
        
            Author : 
Naya, Futoshi ; Ohmura, R. ; Takayanagi, Fusako ; Noma, Haruo ; Kogure, Kiyoshi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
ATR Knowledge Sci. Labs., Tokyo
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose a method for recognizing workers´ routine activities by combining location information and body movements of a user. We describe methods for capturing and recognizing the nursing context with an infrared-ID location sensor system and accelerometers worn by a user. We show experimental results of recognizing typical activities in a nursing scenario in a laboratory setting.
         
        
            Keywords : 
accelerometers; biomedical engineering; geriatrics; infrared detectors; personnel; wearable computers; accelerometers; infrared-ID location sensor system; location information; nursing; workers routine activity recognition; Accelerometers; Biomedical monitoring; Hair; Hospitals; Intrusion detection; Laboratories; Medical services; Remote monitoring; Sensor systems; Transmitters;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Wearable Computers, 2006 10th IEEE International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Montreux
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-4244-0597-1
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
1550-4816
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISWC.2006.286351